Nature-harnessing technologies are key to effectively and sustainably restoring contaminated ecosystems, using naturally occurring microorganisms to clean up contamination from oil and other organic pollutants in soils, groundwater and water bodies. The bioremediation process both destroys contaminants and restores an…
Join Tom May, Principal Research Scientist (Mycology) in a discussion with writer and climate activist Sophie Cunningham (author of Melbourne and City of Trees) about the future of fungi. Fungi are megadiverse, estimated at several million species globally. Discover the role of fungi in ecosystems and how they will fare in future climates; and learn how fungi…
Join acclaimed writer and climate activist Sophie Cunningham (author of Melbourne and City of Trees) in conversation with Clare Hart, Manager Horticulture, and Peter Symes, Curator Horticulture, about the Gardens’ Landscape Succession Strategy and the international Climate Change Alliance of Botanic Gardens. Collaboration between botanic gardens across the globe is essential in understanding…
Dr Amy Hahs is an urban ecologist with an established research career investigating how urban landscapes impact the local ecology, with a strong emphasis on the use of spatial data and geographic information systems as a critical tool for understanding…
By Priya Mohandoss Most of us know to ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’. Yet now, when it comes to waste, this only scratches the surface. As part of National Science Week, EPA Victoria hosted its 3rd annual event, Waste Away -…
The second meeting of the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Citizen Science Association will be held on Thursday, 19th July at the Melbourne headquarters of the Bureau of Meteorology. Chapter business will include presentations from: David Gooding, coordinator of WOW,…