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21 April 2018
Plastic not fantastic
Blogging, Climate Change, Environment, Uncategorized
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Climate Change, Enrivonment, Waste

I’m a baby boomer. I grew up in the ‘60s. I remember the early morning clip-clop of the milkman’s horse. Each night my mum would leave out two or three empty bottles. The milkman would replace them with full bottles. We

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13 April 2018
Communicating Climate Change Internationally
Blogging, Climate Change, Communication, Environment, Uncategorized
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The international climate change assessment body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has launched a communication guide for scientists, put together by Climate Outreach — a UK-based team of social scientists and communication specialists focused on climate communication. The IPCC’s

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13 July 2017
Today Al Gore reminded me that when someone tells you something, do something
Climate Change, Communication, Environment, Uncategorized
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Climate Change, Environment

Ten years ago I saw the Al Gore film, An Inconvenient Truth. Driving home from the cinema that night, I passed a car with its headlights off – and flashed my headlights at them using the local language for ‘you’ve

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16 June 2017
A safer, cleaner environmental future: the CRC CARE High School Essay Competition
Climate Change, Environment, Uncategorized
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Enter the CRC CARE High School Essay Competition with a 500- to 1000-word essay about contaminants in the environment (for a safer, cleaner environmental future) and you could win a great prize! Choose from two categories: * The Dr Roneal Naidu award

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9 June 2017
Everyone has a good story
Climate Change, Communication, Environment, Uncategorized
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I had the privilege of interviewing half a dozen of Australia’s newest ecologists this week, after more than $1 million in funds for students were announced by the Ecological Society of Australia. In speaking with just six of the 100 students

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6 October 2016
Movin’ on up to cooler climes
Climate Change, Uncategorized
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Climate change impacts on the natural world are accelerating rapidly. ‘Many plants and animals are proving to be highly sensitive to the changes in climate we have experienced over the last few decades’ says Professor Lesley Hughes from Macquarie University. Lesley says

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5 July 2016
Climate of change
Climate Change, Environment, Uncategorized
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Ice and heat are enemies. As the world warms, the ice on the land melts. Most glaciers are in retreat, with their water gushing into the sea. This makes the sea level rise. Add the expansion of the oceans, which

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18 May 2016
Help! Lending a hand to vulnerable species
Climate Change, Uncategorized
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Global hotspots, such as the waters southeast of Australia, have warmed dramatically and dozens of marine animals have moved south. Many others need our help. Dr Alistair Hobday, from CSIRO, says these sea temperature changes are clear – not only in

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18 April 2016
Ouch! Feeling the record heat
Climate Change, Uncategorized
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Last summer, temperatures around the world showed an unusual upward spike. Globally, February was more than a degree warmer than usual, breaking the record set in 2015 that had itself broken the record set in February 2014. A stable climate

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11 April 2016
The value of local knowledge
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When a coastal town faces increased flooding, what comes next must come from the community. The most important thing for Councils when planning adaptation to climate change is to identify the risk to people, and then work with the community to

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1 April 2016
CoastExchange: Another brick in the seawall
Climate Change, Uncategorized
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Scientell is proud to be helping the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) launch their online discussion about coastal adaptation, CoastExchange. You can sign up at https://connect.coastadapt.com.au/. The purpose of this virtual community of adaptors is to provide a forum in

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20 February 2016
The 60-second guide to world water
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Written by Paul Holper The ocean covers 71 per cent of the Earth’s surface and contains almost 97 per cent of the planet’s water. But only 2.5 per cent of Earth’s water is freshwater, and just a fraction (1.2 per cent)

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9 February 2016
Observations on observers
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Written by Simon Torok With hundreds of climate scientists meeting in Melbourne this week for the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society conference, it is worth reflecting that climate research owes a great debt to voluntary weather observers who, through their careful documentation

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2 February 2016
New climate change brochures for Victoria
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Recently we worked with the Victorian Government to prepare a series of regional brochures explaining the likely impacts of climate change and describing how best to adapt. This project was a collaboration with Karen Pearce of Bloom Communication and Rohan Hamden & Associates. The 8-page brochures

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6 Jun

To meet demands that humans make on nature each year, it would take 1.6 Earths
#WorldEnvironmentDay #WorldEnvironmentDay2022 #ClimateEmergency

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7 Jun

Oceans cover 70% of our Earth.
So what can you do to care for our oceans?
Read more: https://t.co/zz8qM009hF
#WorldOceansDay #worldoceansday2022

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5 Jun

Sometimes it can be disheartening and we feel a sense of helplessness at #ClimateChange. But @fernhames lists ways we can all pitch in as individuals: keep your pets indoors, wildlife gardening (even with just a balcony), citizen science, and advocate for nature.
@VicParliament

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5 Jun

There is no clean air without forests, there is no agriculture without pollinators... @BrenWintle highlights that nature is invaluable.

We therefore need innovative solutions to protect our biodiversity, like creating cities where native species thrive.

@VicParliament @TSR_Hub

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