All posts tagged "environment"

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  Discover the science behind wildfires and how to live safely with fire

  As the earth gets hotter and wildfires become more intense and unpredictable, we must find new ways of preventing, fighting and living...

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  Researcher examines value of social media in a crisis

  A Charles Darwin University researcher will analyse social media’s fake bushfire map phenomenon as part of a PhD investigation into the effects...

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  UWA digging deep for mine rehabilitation

  Improving environmental management during mine rehabilitation and closure was the focus of a week-long field course for environmental science students from The...

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  Schools lead the way on reducing waste

  Western Australian schools have shared more than $35,000 for projects that reduce the amount of waste disposed into landfill.

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  Forrestfield students working to save WA’s threatened plants

  In a Western Australian first, local primary school students are working with scientist Dr Andrew Crawford to grow seedlings from threatened native...

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  Australian-first Bushfire Centre of Excellence to be based in regional WA

  A first of its kind $18 million Bushfire Centre of Excellence for Western Australia is now one step closer to being established,...

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  Tree climbing big cats roar onto the small screen

  Tree climbing lions star in a new National Geographic documentary filmed by a University of Queensland PhD candidate.

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  Entries open for 2019 ResourceSmart Schools Awards

  Victorian schools who are minimising waste, saving energy and water, increasing biodiversity and tackling climate change are set to be recognised by...

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  School’s out: Outdoor Classroom Day getting kids back to nature

  More than a third of all Western Australian primary schools will take classes outside as part of Outdoor Classroom Day, an international...

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  Nurdling November – seeking volunteers to collect tiny pellets

  The University of Western Australia’s Albany Campus is seeking volunteers to collect tiny plastic pellets, known as ‘nurdles’, which have washed up...