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  2. Thumbnail for Mapping the hidden sea life of Antarctica

    Mapping the hidden sea life of Antarctica

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/710-mapping-the-hidden-sea-life-of-antarctica
    15 Aug 2018: What sort of life do you associate with Antarctica? Penguins? Seals? Whales? Actually, life in Antarctic waters is much broader than this, and surprisingly diverse. Hidden under the cover of sea-ice for most of the year, and living in cold water
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    Tasmanian devil facial tumours reveal secrets of cancer evolution

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/tasmanian-devil-facial-tumours-reveal-secrets-of-cancer-evolution
    21 Jun 2023: Facial tumours evolve to coexist with Tasmanian devil populations. The deadly cancer that has been affecting devil populations for almost three decades has been subject to mutations that are allowing devils to persist in long-term affected areas. An
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    Professor Craig Johnson

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/professor-craig-johnson
    10 Feb 2023: BSc Hons 1980University of Tasmania ecologist and alumnus Professor Craig Johnson has spent his career underwater. He has dived under the ice with the navy in Canada, studied the rich kelp forests off South Africa, and researched the crown-of-thorns
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    How does the Venus flytrap work?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/474-how-does-the-venus-flytrap-work
    28 Nov 2017: "This plant, commonly called Venus' fly-trap, is one of the most wonderful in the world,” Charles Darwin wrote in 1875. What did the species Dionaea muscipula do to receive such lofty praise? Well, it can catch a meal as large as a frog; it can
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    Your guilt-free guide to flowers this Valentine’s Day

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/528-your-guilt-free-guide-to-flowers-this-valentines-day
    8 Feb 2018: Valentine’s Day means saying it with flowers. Last year Australians imported more than 5. 22 million rose stems between February 1 and 14, mostly from Kenya. Assuming typical bouquets of 24 roses, that’s 217,500 bouquets sold in two weeks. The
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    Quick action unmasks poppy threat

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/6-quick-action-unmasks-poppy-threat
    2 Sep 2015: Within three months of being called on to help investigate the cause of the mystery fungal disease and to stop its spread, TIA's plant pathologist assigned to the case Dr Jason Scott confirmed infected poppy seeds are a major cause of disease
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    Explainer: Why do whales strand themselves?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/481-explainer-why-do-whales-strand-themselves
    4 Dec 2017: In June 2015, 337 dead whales were found in a fjord in Chilean Patagonia. It was quickly declared one of the largest whale stranding events known to science. Researchers suggested a recent explosion of toxic red algae could be behind the mysterious
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    Here's why fat is everything in the coldest place on Earth

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/471-heres-why-fat-is-everything-in-the-coldest-place-on-earth
    28 Nov 2017: Nature has dished up some pretty extreme milks over the course of evolution, but hooded seal milk is in a league of its own. While human breast milk contains a relatively modest amount of fat (between three and five per cent), hooded seal milk
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    Why experts are predicting this species will change the future of food

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/473-why-experts-are-predicting-this-species-will-change-the-future-of-food
    28 Nov 2017: As freakishly warm weather continues to wreak havoc on rainfall over the Pacific, the risk of major droughts and flooding has begun to surge around the world. But there’s another threat to our farmlands that’s a whole lot harder to see –
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    Unravelling the role of climate and forestry in the bushfire disaster

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1134-unravelling-the-role-of-climate-and-forestry-in-the-bushfire-disaster
    10 May 2021: The recent Australian bushfires shocked the world. Between August 2019 to March 2020 the fires burned from the subtropics to temperate zone, impacting more than 7 Mha of mostly Eucalyptus forests. These fires broke numerous records and reframed
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