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  2. Thumbnail for This one factor is eerily good at predicting whale population collapse

    This one factor is eerily good at predicting whale population collapse

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/470-this-one-factor-is-eerily-good-at-predicting-whale-population-collapse
    28 Nov 2017: We can now predict a potential crash in whale populations several decades in advance, and it looks like shrinking body size is the key indicator. "It’s about finding some early warning signals that might indicate that a species has been
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    Tide turns with AMC testing turbine in the Tamar

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/278-tide-turns-with-amc-testing-turbine-in-the-tamar
    15 May 2017: The daily movements of the tides move great quantities of water around the Australian coast. Thanks to research being carried out by the Australian Maritime College, we are a step closer to harnessing this movement to generate electricity. Working
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    Fish-borne sensors reveal Atlantic salmon response to climate change

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/343-fish-borne-sensors-reveal-atlantic-salmon-response-to-climate-change
    6 Jul 2017: Innovative research using fish-borne sensors has revealed how farmed Atlantic salmon are likely to respond to climate change as their aquaculture cages experience warmer temperatures and falling oxygen levels. The study by a team of Institute for
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    The last stand of the rarest fish on the planet

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/466-the-last-stand-of-the-rarest-fish-on-the-planet
    28 Nov 2017: If you’ve never seen a handfish before, imagine dipping a toad in some brightly coloured paint, telling it a sad story, and forcing it to wear gloves two sizes too big. Welcome to the bizarre reality of one of the ocean’s weirdest life forms.
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    Researchers explore lost ancient continent of Zealandia

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/419-researchers-explore-lost-ancient-continent-of-zealandia
    27 Sep 2017: A team of 32 scientists from 12 countries has arrived in Hobart on the research vessel JOIDES Resolution after a nine-week voyage to study the lost and now submerged continent of Zealandia in the South Pacific. The University of Tasmania is one of 16
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    Reading rocks to find mineral trace elements

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/283-reading-rocks-to-find-mineral-trace-elements
    17 May 2017: When you’re holding a rock in your hand, you’re holding a piece of history millions of years old. Josh Phillips is a postgraduate in CODES, studying the trace element chemistry of hydrothermal minerals around ore deposits. Every rock tells a
  8. Thumbnail for Tracking the clast to the blast

    Tracking the clast to the blast

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/360-tracking-the-clast-to-the-blast
    21 Jul 2017: Did you know that when an underwater volcano erupts, the pumice clasts it creates travel huge distances floating on the oceans, shedding mass as they go? Dr Martin Jutzeler, Lecturer in Earth Sciences, is investigating how far (and fast) these
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    Why scientists are keeping tabs on life at Earth’s final frontier

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/469-why-scientists-are-keeping-tabs-on-life-at-earths-final-frontier
    28 Nov 2017: “One of the things I love telling my students is no matter what David Attenborough says, Antarctica is not pristine. It’s been majorly messed with,” said Mark Hindell, Professor of marine science at the University of Tasmania in Australia.
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    Predicting mine waste environmental impacts before it’s too late

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/273-predicting-mine-waste-environmental-impacts-before-its-too-late
    10 May 2017: Mining for precious, base and ferrous metals can result in millions of tonnes of tailings and waste rock, which if left unmanaged can have dire environmental consequences. Poorly designed storage facilities can potentially leak pollution for
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    How can we get faster growing lobsters?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/234-how-can-we-get-faster-growing-lobsters
    6 Feb 2017: Audrey Daning Turzan wasn’t interested in studying aquaculture…until the day she went scuba diving. “I used to watch X Files and I wanted to work in forensics. But I wasn’t able to study that, instead I got a Diploma in Fisheries. At first I

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