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  2. Thumbnail for Study quantifies devils’ decline due  to facial tumour disease

    Study quantifies devils’ decline due to facial tumour disease

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1116-study-quantifies-devils-decline-due-to-facial-tumour-disease
    4 Mar 2021: New research from the University of Tasmania has estimated the toll a deadly facial cancer has taken on Tasmanian devil populations since the disease was discovered in 1996. In a paper published in Ecology Letters, researchers traced the spread of
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    $8 million to be poured into drought resilience in agriculture

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/$8-million-to-be-poured-into-drought-resilience-in-agriculture
    14 Apr 2021: A ‘drought hub’ will be established in Tasmania to improve regional drought resilience, with the support of $8 million in funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund successfully secured by the Tasmanian Institute of
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    Rockmelon industry to benefit from new recommendations

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1112-rockmelon-industry-to-benefit-from-new-recommendations
    10 Feb 2021: Researchers at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) have developed a set of new industry recommendations to improve Australian rockmelon food safety practices. The project team worked in consultation with industry to understand the causes of
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    Scientists get to the bottom of wombat cubed poo mystery

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1109-scientists-get-to-the-bottom-of-wombat-cubed-poo-mystery
    28 Jan 2021: An international study into how wombats produce their distinctive cube-shaped poo has shed further light on the physics behind this biological puzzle. The research, published today in the journal Soft Matter, expands on the discovery that wombat poo
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    Pink handfish seen for the first time in 22 years

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1191-pink-handfish-seen-for-the-first-time-in-22-years
    23 Dec 2021: A team of scientists is unlocking the secrets of Tasmania’s deep with a surprise sighting of the very rare and threatened pink handfish (Brachiopsilus dianthus). A detailed joint survey with Parks Australia and the University of Tasmania showed the
  7. Thumbnail for Without more scientists, Australia's $80B ‘blue economy’ is at risk

    Without more scientists, Australia's $80B ‘blue economy’ is at…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1184-without-more-scientists-australias-80b-blue-economy-is-at-risk
    25 Nov 2021: Australia is a marine nation. First Nations people have deep and unbroken connections to sea, 85% of us live within 50km of the coast, and our ocean territory is twice that of our land mass. A large part of our economy – the “blue economy” –
  8. Thumbnail for Antarctica and the ties that bind

    Antarctica and the ties that bind

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1187-antarctica-and-the-ties-that-bind
    1 Dec 2021: The recent arrival of the impressive new icebreaker RSV Nuyina to Hobart’s port is a reminder of the city’s strong connections to the south and long history of welcoming polar vessels. As one of only five Antarctic ‘gateways’, our city has an
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    How the shopping centre Santa became a staple of the festive season

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1193-how-the-shopping-centre-santa-became-a-staple-of-the-festive-season
    22 Dec 2021: Much to the delight of children (and maybe some adults), Santa arriving in shopping centres all around Australia signals the beginning of Christmas shopping. Santa has become a mainstay of shopping centres in December, driven by nostalgia and commerce
  10. Thumbnail for Black Summer fire smoke created an algal bloom bigger than Australia

    Black Summer fire smoke created an algal bloom bigger than Australia

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1166-black-summer-fire-smoke-created-an-algal-bloom-bigger-than-australia
    17 Sep 2021: In 2019 and 2020, bushfires razed more than 18 million hectares of land in Australia. For weeks, smoke choked major cities, leading to almost 450 deaths, and even circumnavigated the southern hemisphere. As the aerosols billowed across the oceans
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    Why kids should not have lots of toys at Christmas

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1192-why-kids-should-not-have-lots-of-toys-at-christmas
    20 Dec 2021: The festive season reinforces something parents and carers already know – many children today have a lot of toys. In the United States, children receive more than US$6,500 (A$9,073) worth of toys between the ages of two and 12. Here in Australia,

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