Environmental Sciences
The difficult balancing act in the Murray Darling Basin
Thursday, 21 Feb 2019
CSU irrigation expert Dr Phil Eberbach discusses in Open Forum the recent catastrophic fish kills in the Darling River and the sobering reality of managing an arid zone river basin with a highly variable climate.
A good plan to help Darling River fish recover exists, so let’s get on with it
Wednesday, 23 Jan 2019
After recent major fish kills in the Darling River, two experienced freshwater ecologists at CSU have called for less blame and more action on enacting an existing, agreed plan to protect native fish in the Murray Darling Basin in The Conversation.
Student protests show Australian education does get some things right
Thursday, 6 Dec 2018
Two CSU education academics say what’s right with Australia’s education system in The Conversation, after protests by Australian students last week demand greater action on climate change.
For the first time we’ve looked at every threatened bird in Australia side-by-side
Wednesday, 28 Nov 2018
CSU ecologist Professor David Watson has joined colleagues around Australia in describing how to measure the efforts to conserve native bird life across Australia in The Conversation.
Two past coup leaders face off in Fiji election as Australia sharpens its focus on Pacific
Wednesday, 14 Nov 2018
CSU politics expert discusses the upcoming Fijian general election in The Conversation, just as Australia’s main political parties devote more attention to the western Pacific, driven by worries about China’s growing influence in the region.