The Anthropocene: Where on Earth are we Going?
Online , AustraliaThe current trajectory of the Earth System is a rapid exit from the Holocene, accelerating towards a much hotter climate system and a degraded, ill-functioning biosphere.
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2021 Midsumma Lecture Series – Queers in Science
Melbourne Museum 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, VIC, AustraliaAs part of the Midsumma Festival, QueersInScience is presenting a two-part lecture series displaying the amazing work of queer scientists in Australia.
$12
STEM and Society: SealSpotters
Dr Rebecca McIntosh Mr Ross Holmberg Join Dr Rebecca McIntosh and Ross Holmberg from the Phillip Island Nature Parks team as they prepare to launch the annual SealSpotter Challenge, when citizen scientists around the globe jump online to count Australian fur seals and contribute to vital conservation research. The SealSpotter program allows…
Why the World Needs Ecologists
We are drowning in bad news. Two pages into the (1000pg) United Nations Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and you’ll be pleading for Tolstoy. Even David Attenborough…
Next-Gen Spatial Tech for Forest Management
New spatial technologies - like remote sensing, global positioning systems, ground based sensors, monitoring and other ICT interventions - are set to revolutionise our understanding of our forests and…
Location, Location, Location: Immune Protection by Tissue-Resident T-Cells
Online , AustraliaT cells are specialised immune cells that are central to the complex, adaptive immune response to infection and disease. T cells are “trained” to recognise specific fragments or components of…
Liveable Cities for All: Are We There Yet?
Our definition of "liveability" is important if we are serious about cities that facilitate healthy and sustainable lifestyles that support both individual and planetary health.
STEM and Society: The Anthropocene
Human pressures on the planet as a whole – the ‘Earth System’ – have now become so great that scientists have proposed that we have now left the Holocene,…
Coastal Resilience: How Landforms Cope with Changing Waves and Rising Seas
Royal Society of Victoria 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Vic, AustraliaThe 2021 Howitt Lecture Presented in partnership with the Geological Society of Australia (Victoria Division). Our coast is a dynamic system. As the protective boundary between the land and sea…
Decarbonising Energy: At the Tipping Point
Online , AustraliaAustralia has the highest per-capita greenhouse emissions of any advanced economy, we’re on track to miss our Paris commitment, and we're nowhere near achieving net zero.
STEM and Society: A Hard-Won Theory – Tectonic Plates in Victoria
Online , AustraliaIt can be confusing when we hear from scientists reluctant to deal in absolutes, who instead engage in conversations about ‘degrees of certainty’. In the world of science, a ‘theory’ is the closest something may ever come to being ‘the truth’. To understand what modern scientists can go through to arrive at an accepted theory, we’re taking a look at one of the major revelations of the past century: the theory of tectonic plates.
Indigenous Food and Agriculture
Online , AustraliaCome yarn about native foods, healthy eating and Australian Indigenous farmers.
Free