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50 Voices
This year, as part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations, we have launched 50 Voices - a content series that celebrates the people who have made UOW what it is today. From labs to libraries, lawns to lecture theatres, hear unique stories from students, staff, alumni, donors, and community members who have had a lasting impact.
Articles
Environment and Energy
Why have we had so much rain this year?
As parts of western NSW prepare for heavy rainfall and severe flooding, the east coast is once again bracing for more wet weather throughout spring.
Education, Environment and Energy
Carbon neutrality, greenhouse gases, net-zero: understanding the lingo of a sustainable future
On 5 June, to mark World Environment Day, the 精东传媒 of 精东传媒 (UOW) announced its commitment to carbon neutrality by 2030. It follows years of devastating natural disasters exacerbated by climate change, including the Black Summer Bushfires and recent East Coast floods.
Environment and Energy
When disaster strikes: living in a world with more frequent natural disasters
Just two years after the devastating Black Summer bushfires swept through Australia, the east coast has once again been battered by the forces of nature.
Environment and Energy
Climate change, eucalypt bark and bushfires: Why do some trees die and others survive?
Harriet is a fire ecology researcher who is currently completing her PhD with the Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires.
Environment and Energy, Law, Politics and Society, Students
Our future in their hands
They鈥檙e in their early twenties, fresh-faced but also fiercely committed and hopeful that together, they can change the future of our climate
Environment and Energy
Plastic is no longer just a marine problem
鈥淢ore and more, we are finding that microplastics are in the atmosphere, in the mountains, in the ice caps, in the human environment.鈥�