Tasmanian Times
Sciences
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823The Grime Behind the Crime
It seemed, at first, preposterous. The hypothesis was so exotic that I laughed. The rise and fall of violent crime during the...
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Urban Forests – Natures Remedy for Mental Illness, Health and Wellbeing
Mental illness in Australia is regarded by many as an increasingly apparent public policy issue. An Australian Bureau of Statistics Survey conducted...
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Collision fatality of raptors in wind farms does not depend on raptor abundance
Picture: Rob Walls, http://robertwalls.wordpress.com/ Summary 1 The number of wind farms is increasing worldwide. Despite their purported environmental benefits, wind energy developments...
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Half of world’s food thrown away: Study
Published – 11 January 2013 Expires in 4 Days Britain’s biggest supermarkets have been defending their practices after a report showed that...
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Extreme temperatures by the end of the century. The hoax we had to have
Image here • David Spratt, “Most of Australia” can expect extreme temperatures of more than 50 degrees by end of century: Climate...
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Calder quakes
Calder quake: quite significant … windows flexed and a little bit scary … Details here: Geoscience Australia: Extract: 20km N of Wynyard,...
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The Guv jets off overseas
No time for a holiday, Guv’nor. As Tasmania cleans up from — and still fights — bushfires which have destroyed more than...
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We’re so proud of all of them
It is difficult to know where to begin in reviewing the past week. “Horrifying” is the adjective that springs immediately to mind;...
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The Capricious Horror
Nothing reveals more starkly the unpredictable nature of the firestorm than this ABC aerial shot of Dunalley. The green-roofed house in the...
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The New Normal
• Chris Harries: 1. No weather event can conclusively be linked to climate change, but it is worth noting that the frequency...
