Happy #WorldWombatDay - celebrate by logging a #wombat sighting on the new WomSAT website (no app needed) #wildlife #citizenscience #Australia #roadkill #mange #disease #conservation #education #wildoz #mammal Australian Citizen Science Association Western Sydney University Western News The Australian Mammal Society

A M5.1 earthquake occurred between Johanna and Apollo Bay, Victoria overnight. So where’s the fault? 🧐 In this region, the earth’s crust is being compressed in a NW-SE direction (blue arrows - L) and known neotectonic faults are aligned perpendicular to this (red lines - R). 1/2

Please repost. Call for abstracts for the much anticipated International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress in Melbourne, Australia, is now open. Hop to it people and see you in Oz in 2024!

Is there a link between eating ultra-processed foods and your brain health? Leading researcher in nutritional psychiatry and Alfred Deakin Professor Prof Felice Jacka OAM says yes, thanks to her discoveries about the role of diet in mental and brain health. theguardian.com/food/2023/oct/…

Best wishes to all 2023 VCE students starting their exam run this week! Go well.

I've seen in my lifetime, a glacier retreat on Heard Island,” “I've seen plants go from healthy to critically endangered in 3 yrs.” “When I first started with climate change, we thought time scales of 50 or 100 yrs, not 3.” ⁦💧Steve Davies⁩ Stories to tell abc.net.au/news/2023-10-2…

New in International Journal of Wildland Fire: Quantifying the flammability of living plants #OpenAccess Transitioning operational satellite grassland curing from MODIS to VIIRS #OA Improved logistic models of crown fire probability in Canadian conifer forests #IntlJWildlandFire publish.csiro.au/wf

Hi everyone - ticketing is now closed, but you can watch along via our YouTube Live channel: youtube.com/@RoyalSocietyV…

Lights, cameras, microphones working and we’re all set for Day Two of the Future of Victoria’s Native #Forests! We kick off at 9am & finish around 1pm today - you can join the livestream at m.youtube.com/@RoyalSocietyV…

We welcome the decision by NSW Gov to resume aerial culling of feral horses in Kosciuszko NP. Aerial culling is the only humane & feasible option to manage the feral horses and reduce severe environmental impacts. See what our experts have to say: bit.ly/AlpineFeralHor…

"Is our democracy failing us and how can it do better?" Yesterday, Michelle Grattan delivered the House of Representatives (Australian House of Representatives) Speaker’s Lecture. Read her speech + comment to let us know how you would improve Australia's political system: theconversation.com/view-from-the-…

Last week our Chief Impact Officer, Sasha Courville, shared insights at the "Unexpected Enablers" panel during the Careers for Net Zero fair. Diverse industries, including tech, startups, and banks like us, are vital in the journey to a clean economy. (1/2)

Important research from Australia Institute and Kate McBride Turns out there's overwhelming public support for the Australian Government to buy back water to benefit the environment...including in rural areas.

(On the down side, how did this happen?) reneweconomy.com.au/beetaloo-gas-f…

Paper on homeopathy for ADHD retracted for ‘deficiencies’ retractionwatch.com/2023/11/01/pap…

Research led by Wing Y Chan and Madeleine van Oppen finds a heat evolved symbiont can help an adult #coral species, Galaxea fascicularsis, better tolerate heat without compromising growth. Read more ➡️ow.ly/iAWZ50Q2sjk University of Melbourne #RRAP

We’re kicking off with “Aiming Higher: Improving Science Education in Victoria” with Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering and The Science Teachers Association of Victoria in about five minutes (6pm). Join the livestream on YouTube - youtube.com/@RoyalSocietyV…

The scale of the fires currently burning across northern Australia is pretty unfathomable. This animation visualises just the last two months of fire captured by #DEAHotspots - for context, the map covers an area larger than France, Spain and Germany combined...

Yet to fully read this, but this new library paper seems to be one of the first comprehensive canvassing of how complicated and how many challenges face "the forest sector" in Victoria in the next few years. new.parliament.vic.gov.au/news/environme…

Thank you to Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC for supporting young people in #STEM! NYSF participants from Victoria were honoured to excitedly share their pathways and ideas for a better future. #GovernorVic Governor of Victoria