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  2. Thumbnail for A biting discovery about Tasmanian devils

    A biting discovery about Tasmanian devils

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/a-biting-discovery-about-tasmanian-devils
    13 Dec 2023: A Tasmanian devil expert has uncovered an evolutionary quirk that sets carnivorous marsupials apart from the crowd – and the secret lies behind their smiles. Professor Menna Jones from the University of Tasmania’s School of Natural Sciences has
  3. Thumbnail for Sustainability major will help create a better future

    Sustainability major will help create a better future

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/sustainability-major-reflects-priorities-for-our-future
    20 Feb 2023: In line with its commitment to a sustainable future for Tasmania, the University has now made a major in Sustainability easily accessible and visible for students across the University. Students in almost all Bachelor’s degrees that have an
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    Climate drivers behind Antarctic melt caused recent sea level rise

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/climate-drivers-behind-antarctic-melt-caused-recent-sea-level-rise
    14 Nov 2023: A team of researchers has revealed that climate variability—specifically the El NiÃo Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Southern Annular Mode—played a significant role in the changes observed in the Antarctic Ice Sheet over the past 20
  5. Thumbnail for Making science accessible to enquiring young minds is child’s play in new IMAS exhibition

    Making science accessible to enquiring young minds is child’s play in …

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/making-science-accessible-to-enquiring-young-minds-is-childs-play-in-new-imas-exhibition
    29 May 2023: Children have helped researchers communicate their Antarctic and Southern Ocean science especially for enquiring young minds – and it’s the focus of a new exhibition opening today in Hobart at the IMAS gallery. “This exhibition is about turning
  6. Thumbnail for Learn how to live with fire

    Learn how to live with fire

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/learn-how-to-live-with-fire
    11 Dec 2023: A free, online short course that explores the unpredictability of bushfires and how we live with them is teaching the community how to adapt in a changing climate. Dr Penelope Jones, who developed the short course, said this was a great opportunity
  7. Thumbnail for How a backyard project inspired a career that is protecting our reefs

    How a backyard project inspired a career that is protecting our reefs

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/how-a-backyard-project-inspired-a-career-that-is-protecting-our-reefs
    13 Dec 2023: Associate Professor Scott Ling's (BSc Hons 2000, PhD 2009) fascination with science began as a backyard project when he was a boy growing up in Tasmania. With his cocker spaniel by his side, he became aware of a brown trout in the stream that ran
  8. Thumbnail for Urgent call for Southern Ocean science in a changing world

    Urgent call for Southern Ocean science in a changing world

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/urgent-call-for-southern-ocean-science-in-a-changing-world
    18 Aug 2023: Today hundreds of international scientists are sounding a clarion call for urgent expansion of Southern Ocean science in the emerging climate crisis. This week 300 scientists from 25 nations have been meeting in the Antarctic gateway city of Hobart
  9. Thumbnail for On the edge: warming waters destabilising ‘cold’ ice shelf

    On the edge: warming waters destabilising ‘cold’ ice shelf

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/on-the-edge-warming-waters-destabilising-cold-ice-shelf
    12 Oct 2023: Researchers have found large-scale anomalies in wind and sea ice are causing the waters below an East Antarctic ice shelf to warm, which could affect future sea level rise across the world. Dr Matthis Auger is a co-author of the new study published
  10. Thumbnail for Scholarship gives students overseas study opportunity

    Scholarship gives students overseas study opportunity

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/1200-scholarship-gives-students-overseas-study-opportunity
    25 Jan 2022: Two students from the University of Tasmania will each spend a semester studying in the Indo-Pacific after receiving a 2022 New Colombo Plan Scholarship. The scholarship provides financial support for high achieving students to undertake up to 19
  11. Thumbnail for Access all areas: first recorded sighting of humpback whales in Antarctica’s western Weddell Sea

    Access all areas: first recorded sighting of humpback whales in…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/access-all-areas-first-recorded-sighting-of-humpback-whales-in-antarcticas-western-weddell-sea
    11 Oct 2023: Scientists onboard Antarctic-bound tourist vessels have a unique opportunity to get up-close observations of baleen whales and, in the summer of 2022, they witnessed something remarkable. IMAS University of Tasmania PhD candidate Angus Henderson
  12. Thumbnail for Seals uncover new ocean depths in East Antarctica

    Seals uncover new ocean depths in East Antarctica

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/seals-uncover-new-ocean-depths-in-east-antarctica
    8 Aug 2023: New ocean depths and seascapes beneath the East Antarctic continental shelf have been revealed in the latest study tracking deep-diving seals, along with detailed information about the waterways that erode the ice shelves from below. “Deep-diving
  13. Thumbnail for Antarctic researcher wins prestigious Fellowship to study in the US

    Antarctic researcher wins prestigious Fellowship to study in the US

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/antarctic-researcher-wins-prestigious-fellowship-to-study-in-the-us
    10 Feb 2023: A University of Tasmania Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) graduate has won a prestigious Quad Fellowship to investigate the historic impacts of climate change on glacial melting in Antarctica. Mika Bighin has arrived in the United
  14. Thumbnail for Black hole of information puts more than half the world's unique plant species at risk

    Black hole of information puts more than half the world's unique…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/black-hole-of-information-puts-more-than-half-the-worlds-unique-plant-species-at-risk
    10 Oct 2023: An alarming 58 per cent of all plant species around the world that are unique to a single country have no conservation assessment, according to a new report published globally today: Kew’s State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023. Conservation
  15. Thumbnail for Going in for the krill

    Going in for the krill

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/going-in-for-the-krill
    31 Jan 2023: After witnessing one of the first-ever documented supergroups of whales, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) student Maya Santangelo is fighting to shine a light on the dangers of concentrated krill fishing in Antarctica. After what
  16. Thumbnail for Four ways to deliver the high-quality carbon offsets the planet needs

    Four ways to deliver the high-quality carbon offsets the planet needs

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/four-ways-to-deliver-the-high-quality-carbon-offsets-the-planet-needs
    30 Aug 2023: While reducing carbon emissions will help us move towards net-zero targets and avoid catastrophic warming, it is critical for carbon dioxide (CO2) to be removed from the atmosphere to compensate for sectors where decreasing emissions is more
  17. Thumbnail for Geography was a major improvement to Georgina’s science degree

    Geography was a major improvement to Georgina’s science degree

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/geography-was-a-major-improvement-to-georginas-science-degree
    30 Sep 2022: Georgina Newton was a high achiever in high school and excelled at maths, which is why she chose to study a Bachelor of Science at the University of Tasmania, majoring in Mathematics. When choosing electives for her degree, she picked some units from
  18. Thumbnail for Eyes of the World on the Southern Ocean

    Eyes of the World on the Southern Ocean

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/eyes-of-the-world-on-the-southern-ocean
    10 Aug 2023: More than 250 people from 25 nations will meet in Hobart next week for the first-ever global conference of the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) since its establishment in 2011. SOOS is an international initiative that enhances the coordinated
  19. Thumbnail for Southern Ocean holds deep clues to ancient carbon tipping points

    Southern Ocean holds deep clues to ancient carbon tipping points

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/southern-ocean-holds-deep-clues-to-ancient-carbon-tipping-points
    14 Mar 2023: Researchers have found a long-searched for giant carbon reservoir buried in the Southern Ocean between Tasmania and Antarctica. The reservoir is the result of a dramatic carbon drawdown 34 million years ago that transitioned Earth away from a
  20. Thumbnail for How AMC set up Leigh for a global career

    How AMC set up Leigh for a global career

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/amc-set-up-leigh
    18 Aug 2022: For Leigh Thompson, qualifications from the Australian Maritime College have unlocked each stage of his career – from ashore shipping agent to Master at sea. From playing water sports as a kid to being an avid sailor, Leigh Thompson has always felt
  21. Thumbnail for Diving into marine science

    Diving into marine science

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/diving-into-marine-science
    4 Oct 2022: Lydia Schuller was working for a Great Barrier Reef cruise company when she decided she wanted to be a marine biologist. Originally from Munich, Germany, she came to Australia a decade ago and fell in love with the ocean while visiting Queensland. So,
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