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Melting Antarctic Ice Sheet could bring half a metre of sea-level rise

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25 Aug 2020: The melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheet could contribute half a metre of sea-level rise in the coming century, a significant increase to estimates from just five years ago, a new study has found. The research published in Reviews of Geophysics found
Global impact of wildfires to intensify due to human-induced climate…

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19 Aug 2020: The global economic and environmental impact of wildfires is likely to worsen as a result of human-induced climate change and land-use patterns, according to a team of international fire researchers. In a paper published in the journal Nature Reviews:
Global impact of wildfires to intensify due to climate change

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19 Aug 2020: The global economic and environmental impact of wildfires is likely to worsen as a result of human-induced climate change and land-use patterns, according to a team of international fire researchers. In a paper published in the journal Nature Reviews:
Fast-paced initiative challenges creative minds to get racing

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17 Aug 2020: The University Derby forms part of National Science Week (15 – 23 August). Led by the Cradle Coast campus, it comprises six online videos which highlight the disciplines of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) and invite
AirRater app helps nation-wide users during bushfires

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18 Aug 2020: An award-winning smartphone app developed by the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research played a major role in helping people across Australia who were exposed to smoke during the 2019-20 bushfires, a recently published
From paddock to pallet to plate: how we will trace our horticultural…

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16 Aug 2020: Tasmania’s booming horticultural exports to China will be enhanced by a supply-chain traceability system to be developed by University of Tasmania researchers. They have won $455,000 in funding for a new cloud-based system in a highly competitive
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New study finds latex balloons not biodegradable

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19 Aug 2020: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researchers have tested commercial marketing claims that latex balloons, a frequent source of environmental litter, are biodegradable. Different types of balloons were tested in freshwater, saltwater
A graduation with a difference

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24 Aug 2020: In the most unusual of circumstances, 3,360 graduands have had their degrees and diplomas conferred at a special meeting of the University Council. While mass gathering restrictions prevented students attending a traditional-style graduation ceremony,
AMC to train Navy in use of autonomous robots

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13 Aug 2020: The Australian Maritime College has been selected by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to train its personnel in the use of autonomous marine systems. Autonomous marine systems are aquatic robots that can operate independently of humans at sea, and
The enduring myth of the hunter-gatherer

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3 Aug 2020: By Robyn Moore, School of Social SciencesIn his book Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe writes that settler Australians wilfully misunderstood, hid and destroyed evidence of Aboriginal Australians’ farming practices. My analysis of secondary school textbooks