What happened at the UA climate forum?
You can catch up on the Universities Australia Climate forum held at Parliament House, Canberra on 18 March 2010 through the following resources: webinar, mp3s and powerpoint slides.
Author: Operations
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Australia’s climate is changing
Universities Australia forum reveals how we are responding Australia’s peanut farmers are on the move—some are relocating nearly 2400 kilometres from Kingaroy to Katherine for better access to water; last year 88 people in Victoria died in the way to hospital directly as a result of the heatwave that preceded the disastrous bushfires of early…
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UA Climate Forum – speakers
Speaking at the forum are the following: Prof. Peter Coaldrake, Dr Blair Trewin, Prof. Roger Jones, Dr Marie Keatley, Prof. Snow Barlow, Mr Niall Byrne, Prof. Nathan Bindoff, Prof. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Assoc. Prof. Keith Dear, Dr Michael Raupach, Prof. Kevin Judd, Prof. Ken Baldwin, Ms Anna-Maria Arabia, Dr Anthony Hogan, Prof. Graham Baker, Prof. Amanda Lynch, Ms Jenny McAllister, Prof. John Quiggin and Senator the Hon. Kim Carr.
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Universities Australia Chair welcomes climate snapshot
“This important statement from the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology confirms the clear view of top Australian scientists, expert in the field, that Australia’s climate is changing,” said Professor Peter Coaldrake, Chair of Universities Australia and Vice-Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology.
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Killing bugs with gold and laser beams
Scientists have been able to kill an infectious parasite using non-toxic gold nanoparticles and laser beams. “Our first target is Toxoplamosis gondii, a parasite that infects one in three people and causes problems especially in the young and old, and people with a compromised immune system says Michael Cortie from the University of Technology Sydney,…
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What we think about nanotech
Most Australians (84%) feel positive that science and technology are improving society. These positive perceptions have been strongly held over the last five years.
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Making nano-chips: Sydney centre opens today
Bionic eyes, quantum computers and more efficient solar cells are among the many research projects set to benefit from a new facility due to be officially opened in Sydney on Friday.
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A conversation with Sarah Darwin and Tall Ship experience
A conversation with Sarah Darwin and Tall Ship experience Thursday 25 February 2010, 5.45pm (tallship tours from 4pm) Nelson Room, Seaworks, 82 Nelson Place Williamstown (Melways 56 E10). Entry off Nelson Place (metered parking) Sarah is Charles Darwin’s great, great granddaughter and a biologist. She is retracing her ancestor’s steps on the Dutch clipper Stad…
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'Earth on the edge' – Melbourne 2011
CSIRO media release 24 December 2009 Reference: 09/231 A major conference to be held in Melbourne in 2011 will focus the world’s attention on the broad issues of a sustainable planet. “Thousands of scientists will meet in Melbourne in mid-2011 to discuss the state of the Earth,” according to CSIRO’s Dr Tom Beer, the first…
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Genographic 'snapshot' provides insights into Melbourne's genetic melting pot
Results from Journey of Your Genes Public Swabbing Event Revealed MELBOURNE (3 Dec, 2009), The Governor of Victoria, His Excellency Prof. David de Kretser, AC, shares the same Y chromosome ‘haplogroup’ with World Vision’s Tim Costello with both men’s Genographic Project DNA test showing they are R1b – migrating out of Africa around 45,000 years…