The environment will be under the microscope at a free public lecture to be held at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Dubbo on Wednesday 10 August. CSU Adjunct Professor David Mitchell from the School of Environmental Sciences will tackle growing concerns about possibly profound changes in climatic conditions and their potential to undermine many strategies already developed to sustain agriculture for domestic consumption and export. “Australia is not alone in these concerns,” Professor Mitchell says, “but we have the benefits of a relatively low population density, which will help us adjust to changes in a climate that is already highly variable.” Professor Mitchell’s lecture will also discuss water resource management and agricultural sustainability.