We're well aware of the dangers that plastic pose to marine ecosystems, yet in Australia, knowledge is limited about the amount and type of plastic pollution in marine and coastal environments. So, Dr Elvis Okoffo set off to understand the scale of the problem... 1/2

Can dumping seaweed on the sea floor cool the planet? Some scientists are skeptical | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

We’re hiring! Two exciting opportunities are now open at CIEHF's ANU Node: 1️⃣ Research Fellow - Focused on palaeoecology and field-based research, working closely with Indigenous communities. 2️⃣ Research Officer - Supporting our mission to bring together Indigenous and Western

Is this the first time atm #CO2 has been lower than the previous year in the last few decades? #ClimateActionNow

The polls have opened for the 2024 NIWA staff photography competition People’s Choice Award and we need your help to pick the winner. 🏆 Check out the entries & vote for your favourite photo here 👉 wishpond.com/lp/2800013/ 📅 Voting closes Friday 6 September, 11:59pm.

Be part of the design process for a platform dedicated to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples at UQ. Your input will help ensure the platform meets the needs of our mob! When: Monday, 16 September at1 PM - 3 PM Where: Global Change Institute, Room 275, St Lucia Campus

📣 Job alert! 🚨 jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/1047… We seek an IODP Technician to join the ECORD Science Operator and EPC at Geology at Leicester Leicester Geography University of Leicester. ⏰ 15 Sept 2024. Questions? 📧 [email protected] or Tim van Peer

🚨Attention, marine biologists! IFREMER is offering two exclusive internship opportunities for candidates from #DevelopingStates. ♀️ #Women are strongly encouraged to apply! 🔗 isa.org.jm/ifremer-pmn/ #TrainingOpportunity #ApplyNow

It's staggering how many people have been killed by COVID worldwide The central estimate of the true death toll of the continuing pandemic, using excess deaths (as calculated by The Economist), is 27.3 million It's hard to imagine how many that is. How a big a pile that is 🧵

TOP 9 HIGH-RISK PLACES /Settings for SARS-CoV-2 TRANSMISSION !!! From 2 recent studies : ▶️ Workplaces, especially open-plan offices ▶️ Long-distance public transport like trains and airplanes ▶️ Certain retail settings like convenience stores and takeaway delivery

Summer 2024 was the hottest on record both globally and for Europe according to Copernicus ECMWF data 🌡️ It is increasingly likely that 2024 will be the warmest year on record 💙🤍💙🤍💛🧡💛🧡❤️❤️❤️💔 More: climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-sum… #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction

Why is any nation playing this team when all 20 million Afghan women and girls are effectively enslaved? Make a stand new zealand cricket or be shamed for your cowardice. And the use of ‘unveiled’! Shameless.

This book was gripping, both a great story about molecular biology history and an enraging account of being a woman in research. Every scientist should read it!!

JOB ALERT: We’re advertising for 2yr research associate to work on Cambridge University botanical collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum and Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE). Looking for someone who can work across collections, and view science collections through arts and humanities lens: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48187/

Aus's Chief Scientist, Dr Cathy Foley, has released a report that makes the case for free access to academic journal articles. Dr Foley’s model would give free access for anyone anywhere in the 🌎 to journal articles w an Aus-based lead author Read more ➡️ chiefscientist.gov.au/sites/default/…

Yeah, pretty much, absolutely shameful Tanya Plibersek 🤬

Are you interested in an exciting postdoc developing novel conservation planning approaches and applying them to securing biodiversity in Antarctica? If so then apply for the postdoc position that Justine Shaw and I have available. See qut.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?e… Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future

We are hiring!!! Interested in coastal wetlands and working in an exciting team at James Cook University, travelling to remote locations, working with our network of partners. Click here nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2024/2002… James Cook Uni TropWATER

Australia gives more than 1/2 the gas we export away for free…mainly to multinationals…& we subsidise gas exploration! Australians know how to be generous to the gas industry…if only governments chose to be generous to our citizens #auspol #insiders nb.australiainstitute.org.au/increase_the_p…

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