Professor Lesley Head

Head of the School of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

Sciences & Technology

Don’t blame nature for the disasters we’ve created

Many Australians blame our variable climate for the recent severe bushfires and crippling drought, but researchers say these ‘natural’ disasters are not natural at all

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Sciences & Technology

Under the Microscope

Hope and grief for our environmental future

Professor Lesley Head, Head of the School of Geography, is tackling our sustainability issues from a different perspective

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