Sciences and Engineering at University of Tasmania
@Sciences_UTAS
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World-class facilities and research across a broad spectrum of disciplines, drawing upon the amazing living laboratory offered by our home state of Tasmania.
Tasmania
Joined September 2019
Two postdoc positions in climate research at @UTAS_ Associate Climate Researcher and Climate Research Fellow in Natural Hazards Research/Climate Science. Background in climate science, geospatial science, hydrology, mathematics, or physics Details:
careers.utas.edu.au
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Do you like good beer? Want to learn what a temperate mesophotic reef is? and why the Great Barrier Reef is overrated? All with a splash of comedy? See below! (note: If you answered yes to the first question you may need a few of these beers). @ScienceTalksAU @IMASUTAS @UTAS_
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HOBART EVENT: The hidden universe: Neutrinos and dark matter. Free public lecture by AIP President @ProfNicoleBell. 6pm 20 June at @UTAS_. Casual dinner with the speaker after. RSVP by 16 June. More info and register: https://t.co/AMcolHtxJY
@Sciences_UTAS @UtasSpace
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A new study led by @UdyDanielle finds Australia could face bushfires more devastating than the Black Summer of 2019/20. The study is based on a historical record of extreme bushfire weather gleaned from ice cores. STORY: https://t.co/2vXmRSii0W PAPER:
nature.com
Communications Earth & Environment - Weather patterns associated with southeast Australia’s 2019/2020 Black Summer fire disaster were extremely rare occurrences over the past 2000 years,...
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Don't forget to register for next week's online and in-person (Hobart) event to learn about a pilot sterile codling moth release program in Tasmanian apple orchards. Get your free tickets for the event on Monday 17 June: https://t.co/DnUUbXgQqm
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Great to be able to explore the Wadden Sea #saltmarsh in Netherlands like a kid in a candy shop! Much more diverse flora, plenty of birdlife, and indeed, the Salicornia here is sweeter than their Austral cousins. 1/3
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Our University has ranked number one in the world for Climate Action in the prestigious @timeshighered Impact Rankings. We've also improved across several important areas and have risen to number two in the world for overall impact. Learn more:
utas.edu.au
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A huge congratulations to @GrettaPecl! Professor Pecl, @IMASUTAS, has been recognsied for her significant service to science, particularly ecological research, and to tertiary education in the King's Birthday Honours List, receiving the Member of the Order of Australia.
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When @NASA's @MissionToPsyche launched early on Saturday morning Australian time, the @UTAS_ antennas in Hobart were ready to support the critical payload separation. Check out from about 1:52 in the video
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New paper for #SystemChange: how to restrict growth to match the limited natural capital capacity of the planet ( https://t.co/rolv1MkchT), drawing from JK Galbraith and his 'squirrel wheel' applied to #planning and #degrowth using Tasmania as a case study. Please help share ...🧵
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The new HQ for Australian Forest and Wood Innovations will be based at @UTAS_ Newnham Campus - the @DAFFgov is currently seeking EOIs for 2 more research centres to be based in other locations. Find out more or submit your EOI here: https://t.co/5bUuHXunyA
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UTAS, the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies and the Australian Maritime College are bringing science, education and technology together to build Australia’s defence capability. It was great to visit today and get an update on their great work.
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A huge collab effort from many universities to create this article for @ConversationEDU today: https://t.co/0ur9SxtmL7 Including @TasInAg 's A/Prof Matthew Harrison, an expert in sustainable agriculture. @UTAS_
theconversation.com
A group of agricultural and soil scientists has serious concerns about the way credits are awarded for soil carbon sequestration in Australia.
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A great event hosted by @TheMartianLife yesterday, 70 high school students attended a forum on space with experts from across Australia. @SimonEllingsen, @CairnsIver, @BrenanDew and Madiyantika (Tika) Varma presented at the forum.
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We're right there with you @CSIRO 🦜🐦⬛🦅It's voting time!
Are you fans of our feathered friends? 🐦 Join the gang-gang cockatoo gang or go for go(u)ld with the Gouldian finch! There are plenty of options to choose from in @GuardianAus/@BirdlifeOz's Australian bird of the year poll.
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Out now in the 100th edition of @COSMOSMagazine is my (gorgeously illustrated!) article on poisons. And it can also be read online. Assassination! Kidney beans! Murdered husbands! Novichok! Inheritance powders! Priapism! Frogs! And more! Check it out. https://t.co/qK0CtPX1Ne
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Starting #SER2023 with a #NatureConnection workshop in a wonderful #wetland near Darwin. Great story of the local community bringing life back to this ecosystem after decades of #restoration. And the big act in the “festival of life” today was the jabiru!
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As part of our commitment to become a sustainability-focused University, we have joined the International Sustainable Campus Network. The ISCN is an international network of leading universities in sustainability and climate change. 💚
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Did you catch Dr Guifre Molera Calves on ABC Radio Hobart or in Newscorp papers across Australia today? He's been working with @ESA_JUICE on a mission to Jupiter, using @UTAS_ unique continental array of research telescopes. Listen from 27:35 - https://t.co/lDZgv4YdyP
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Excited that our paper on the prediction of pathogen spread in animal contact networks is now out. TLDR: If you want to understand how vulnerable a network is just look at the network's spectral properties!
royalsocietypublishing.org
Predicting what factors promote or protect populations from infectious disease is a fundamental epidemiological challenge. Social networks, where nodes represent hosts and edges represent direct or...
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