Tasmanian Times
Environment
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657An Aurora from space
European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst took this photo of an aurora from the International Space Station, approximately 320 kilometres above the...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (29)
*Pic: Duke of Wellington, after whom Mt Wellington is named … says Don: In the year 2012/13 the mountain assumed the Aboriginal...
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A lack of leadership …
All photos of the region … by Paul Tapp I love my local community, it’s full of beautiful places and beautiful people....
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The Smell From The Swell Becomes a Communal Solution
Concomitant with the big easterly swells there are the all-pervading Tassie eastern seaboard smells … that many call the dump. Rotting sea-weed,...
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A United States biochar advocate argues for soil health ….
A visiting United States advocate of biochar says closed-loop production systems can eliminate waste, improve energy efficiency and the business bottom line....
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David v Goliath
Ever heard the parable of the little shepherd boy who knocked down a giant with one slingshot? Watch this space, because a...
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Live animal export is unethical …
Former live export veterinarian and ship’s captain Dr Peter Kerkenezov writes … Download to read (warning … contains graphic images) … Persp_107_Issue_275_June_2014_Live_Animal_Export_is_Unethical_P_Kerkenezov.pdf
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Hydatids found in Tasmanian dogs
A real shock for DPIPWE – this work was done in a mainland University at least two years ago … A recent...
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The Fox Stared Down …
Simon de Little The latest peer-reviewed paper released by the Tasmanian Fox Review Panel examines the notoriously problematic 1080-baiting program. To my...
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Sir John Franklin: Fabled Arctic ship found
*Pic: HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, as they appeared in Illustrated London News One of two British explorer ships that vanished in...
