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1.2KSummer Climate Records Fall
Media release – Bureau of Meteorology, 2 March 2022 Hot summer in northern, southern and western Australia and wet in the east...
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Pedder Unplugged – ‘In the Spirit of Olegas’
Pedder Unplugged is a new podcast series all about Tasmania’s Lake Pedder, told by the legendary Pedder people themselves. Episodes explore the...
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Aquaculture Industry a Garbage Generator
Media release – Neighbours of Fish Farming, 5 March 2022 Gutwein’s Garbage UN’s global plastics treaty signs another death knell for industrial...
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In Heatwaves, Tasmania’s Tall Eucalypt Forests No Longer Absorb Carbon
Southern Tasmania’s tall eucalyptus forests are exceptionally good at taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converting it into wood. For many...
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Price to Pay for ‘Giving Up’ on Pandemic
Editor’s note: This prescient article was first published in The Conversation on 23 March 2021. Apart from updating ‘As the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Celebrate Women in Conservation
Once again, Tasmanian Land Conservancy are celebrating International Women’s Day in early March and specifically applauding ‘Women in Conservation’. It’s an in-person...
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Our Best Friend is an Island … Huon Island
Truly our best friend is an island, a little island off Verona Sands, a little beach down the south of Tasmania. Huon...
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Help Keep Tasmania Free from Exotic Pests
Media release – Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania, Monday 7 February 2022 Help keep Tasmania free from exotic pests Biosecurity...
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1.1KOmicron Variant: Sorting Fact from Myth
by the World Health Organization Since the B.1.1.529 variant was declared a Variant of Concern and assigned the name Omicron on 26...
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Time to Upgrade from Cloth and Surgical Masks to Respirators
Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered With the rapid spread of Omicron, many countries are rethinking...
