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    Earth’s future linked to algae growth

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/303-earths-future-linked-to-algae-growth
    8 Jun 2017: In the time it takes to read this sentence, you will almost certainly have inhaled oxygen disgorged by algae. Tiny ocean-borne algae played a critical role in creating the atmospheric conditions on Earth and produce half the oxygen we breathe
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    What do increasingly acidic oceans mean for seaweed?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/262-what-do-increasingly-acidic-oceans-mean-for-seaweed
    19 Apr 2017: Research at volcanic vents in the Mediterranean Sea is helping Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) scientists to understand how ocean acidification will affect different species of macroalgae (seaweed) in the future. The world’s
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    Unmasking the nature of fire

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/326-unmasking-the-nature-of-fire
    21 Jun 2017: Professor David Bowman’s seminal 2009 paper on the role of fire in shaping Earth’s ecology has been cited well over 800 times, but as he straps his bikes on the car, preparing for another brief soiree into the Tasmanian bush, the world expert on
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    Designer rice breakthrough to benefit billions of people

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/279-designer-rice-breakthrough-to-benefit-billions-of-people
    15 May 2017: Designer rice could be the answer to global health problems such as obesity and diabetes, and improve health outcomes for more than half of the world’s population. University of Tasmania School of Biological Sciences Professor Steven Smith is an
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    The frozen continent and its connection to us

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/341-the-frozen-continent-and-its-connection-to-us
    4 Jul 2017: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researchers have joined the City of Hobart for the official launch of a new research project that aims to enhance Hobart’s role as an Antarctic gateway. The Antarctic Cities project is studying the
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    Five reasons why a Science degree will spark a world of possibilities

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/318-five-reasons-why-a-science-degree-will-spark-a-world-of-possibilities
    16 Jun 2017: 1. There’s more to science than the white coat. When people say “scientist”, most of us picture someone in a lab wearing a white coat and goggles. OK that’s definitely part of being a scientist, but there’s also Geology, where you get to
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    Choose your own adventure

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/239-choose-your-own-adventure
    14 Feb 2017: PhD student Lily is an acoustician. But what is that exactly? She studies the acoustics of concert halls, and she has done it in virtually all of the major concert halls in Australia, including the Sydney Opera House, Perth Concert Hall, Hamer Hall,
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    From Tassie to Scandinavia: An unbear-ably epic research journey

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/261-from-tassie-to-scandinavia-an-unbear-ably-epic-research-journey
    18 Apr 2017: If you knew there was a bear in the wilderness near you, what would you do? For University of Tasmania graduate Jack Beardsley and his canine sidekick Cocoa, part of his job is to approach bears and see how they react. As a member of the
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    Love Sci Fi? This is your perfect degree

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/381-love-sci-fi-this-is-your-perfect-degree
    21 Aug 2017: What’s the ultimate achievement for someone passionate about engineering and technology? Probably creating a robot. And not just a robot, but an advanced cyborg, that’s just like a human. And these creations are no longer the stuff of science
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    Ambassador for the natural world honoured

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/330-ambassador-for-the-natural-world-honoured
    26 Jun 2017: Internationally renowned geographer and conservation ecologist, Distinguished Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick AM, has received the Australian Heritage Council’s 2017 Sharon Sullivan National Heritage Award for his work on national and international

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