For those working in citizen science down under (or anywhere) - STARDIT is now online and ready for you to report your citizen science projects! Learn more: ScienceForAll.World/STARDIT Pre review article here: doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.… #CitSciOz21 Australian Citizen Science Association

"Mother of God, you must think we were born yesterday, fella."

Morrison's advisors weren't happy with the first version.

Editorial: Everything to Morrison is transactional. He will keep dealing until the end, even if what he is left dealing in is the lives of children. He is Rumpelstiltskin, locked mad in a room, settling on a first born for his payment. #AusPol #SatPaper satpa.pe/edito18n2xq

Thank you to all the STARDIT co-authors (including the 'untaggables'): Steven Chang Jim Elliott Sandy Oliver @Maureenchats Jenny Preston (Mrs D’Arcy in personal life) Josephine Borthwick Sharmila Sousa (@[email protected]) Roan Plotz @JessieLOliver YaelaGo @RonaMacniven @librarian_lena @gibbonresearch

Go TeamKowari !!

The new tool 'Standardised data on initiatives (STARDIT)' addresses the need to standardize data across multiple sectors, disciplines and languages, including ecology: doi.org/10.1186/s40900… #ecology #biodiversity #extinction #preservation #conservation #Data #enviroment #eco

Park my car round about there normally!

Indigenous knowledge and contemporary meteorological weather methods connect to provide reliable, accurate, and accessible weather forecasts for the Pacific Islands in a VU project. Roan Plotz Bureau of Meteorology, Australia Earthwatch Australia IUCN #SDGs #ProtectingCountry bit.ly/3ZsfgZw

Call for Masters of Research applications from Vanuatu to work on project: ClimateWatch Vanuatu: Building community climate resilience. Opportunity includes a funded post-graduate stipend to enrol at Victoria University. Please spread the word! nab.vu/victoria-unive… #Vanuatu

Covid vaccination is associated with significantly reduced incidence of heart attacks and strokes during follow-up. Results of a nationwide NCATS study jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… JACC Journals

Research by VU's Dr Roan Plotz shows that the critically endangered (and poor-sighted) black rhino listens to signals from hitchhiking oxpeckers to evade human poachers. Read more: bit.ly/3cjN41s #WorldWildlifeDay #WWD2023 #SDG15 #Biodiversity youtu.be/nSH_Av_JATc

Today is #WorldMeteorologicalDay, and the theme is the future of weather, climate, and water across generations. Read how a project synthesising indigenous & contemporary forecasting is providing reliable weather forecasts across the Pacific. Roan Plotz bit.ly/42znxMH

Why is breaking into a rhino enclosure at the zoo a bad idea? VU's Roan Plotz tells Stuff exactly why! i.stuff.co.nz/environment/30…

We are thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership that will take our Citizen Science Program, ClimateWatch, beyond the borders of Australia! 🤝🌏 Read more about ClimateWatch Vanuatu here: buff.ly/3Y6aUH7 #climatewatch #climatechange #traditionalknowledge VMGD

Delighted to be collaborating with Earthwatch Australia, the Vanuatu Meteorology & Geohazard Department (VMGD), the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), and Victoria University on ClimateWatch Vanuatu. Victoria University Earthwatch Australia SPREP Global EbA Fund

Delighted to be a part of this little experimental study published today in Birds that was led by a third-year Victoria University undergraduate student 🐦‍⬛🦮 Birds understand the function of a dogs leash!

Birds have a brain, and they know how to use it. New research by VU indicates birds can tell when a dog is on or off-lead. Full story: tinyurl.com/5ev96rzw Roan Plotz Deakin University #vuresearch

Birds are smarter than we think, especially when it comes to sussing out their safety from dogs. Here’s what a landmark study has found > bit.ly/44ySnVt

Listen to VU's Roan Plotz on ABC Melbourne with Alice Zaslavsky about new research on dogs and birds and why leash laws are important. Listen: tinyurl.com/5n8wpsp7 Deakin University #vuresearch