News articles tagged with 'Tasmania'
First broad-scale maps of life on the sea-shelf
— 2 Apr 2011 11:22 | EnvironmentMarine scientists from five research agencies have pooled their skills and resources to compile a directory of life on Australia's continental shelf. They examined the shelf seascape…
Climate change hits southeast Australia fish species
— 29 Sep 2010 15:41 | EnvironmentScientists are reporting significant changes in the distribution of coastal fish species in south-east Australia which they say are partly due to climate change…
Social networking study reveals threat to Tasmanian devils
— 19 Aug 2009 13:50 | BiologyA new study into the social networks of Tasmanian devils may help prevent the further spread of an extinction-threatening disease. The research, published in Ecology Letters, has produced…
Removing some cloud seeds of doubt
— 2 Feb 2009 18:34 | EnvironmentA team of researchers at Monash University has released a new analysis of precipitation records from the long-term cloud seeding operation in Tasmania that shows a promising increase…
Scientific sub makes deep-sea discoveries
— 25 Jan 2009 16:38 | BiologyA four-week expedition to explore the deep ocean south-west of Tasmania has revealed new species of animals and more evidence of impacts of increasing carbon dioxide on deep-sea corals…
Introducing Tassie's underwater robot - 'Searise'
— 6 Nov 2008 14:26 | EnvironmentA miniature CSIRO submarine being used to study the health of Tasmania's waterways has officially been named 'Searise.' A year-two student from Burnie Primary School, Jacob Wise, made…
Premier to open CSIRO's Tasmanian ICT Centre
— 5 Nov 2008 14:14 | TechnologyThe Hobart-based node of CSIRO's Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Centre will be officially opened tomorrow by Tasmanian Premier, Mr David Bartlett MP. CSIRO's Tasmanian…
Mass extinction of large prehistoric animals - a result of human hunting
— 12 Aug 2008 10:01 | Geology and palaeontologyResearch led by UK and Australian scientists sheds new light on the role that our ancestors played in the extinction of Australia's prehistoric animals. The study, published this week…
Submersible in 2.5 km dive for climate science
— 11 Jan 2008 21:43 | EnvironmentAustralian and US scientists will next week use an unmanned submersible to locate live and fossilised deep-ocean corals south of Tasmania to track changes in climate in the southern…
Tasmania joins national blackberry biocontrol program
— 31 Oct 2007 09:30 | EnvironmentCSIRO is inviting Tasmanian landowners and managers to join the fight against European blackberry (Rubus fruticosus agg), one of Australia's most invasive and noxious weeds. This spring,…
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