As the site of first European settlement in Australia, Sydney Harbour has a long history of development and urbanisation. Today, over 50% of its shoreline is armoured by seawalls, which stabilise reclaimed land and protect property and infrastructure from inundation. These seawalls come at an ecological cost. As compared to the natural habitats they replace, seawalls typically…
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Beaker Street Science Photography Prize
The annual Beaker Street Science Photography Prize is back in 2020, featuring stunning scientific photographs set in Tasmania or the Southern Ocean/ Antarctica. Check out the exhibition of finalist images at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, and vote for your favourite to become the People’s Choice Winner. If you can’t make it in person,…
Sci Art Walks – Beaker Street Festival
Question: What’s Covid-safe, accessible from anywhere in the world, but not virtual? Answer: Beaker Street Festival 2020. Like everyone, we’ve had to innovate this year, and we’ve come up with an exciting new project called Sci Art Walks. Sci Art Walks is a series of audio-escapes featuring some of Tasmania’s most accomplished scientists and artists….
Challenge: Go plastic free this July
By 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. WOAH. It’s up to all us to be the change we want to see in the world if we’re to make a plastic-free future come to life. Are you brave enough to make a start? Challenge: Take part in Plastic Free July, and…
Dr Karl’s House Party
This online event will include live captions. Dr Karl invites you to join him to kick off National Science Week with an awesome house party. Streamed live into your lounge room, learn about the animal that has to grow an anus each time it wants to defecate, how spiders can fly for thousands of kilometres and also…
Oceans Innovation Challenge
How might we change the future of our oceans-for the better? What innovative idea would you love to see applied here in WA? Your challenge is to help us find and lead on an innovative solution from around the world and suggest where or how it could be applied locally in WA. Submit your idea…
An ROV Cuttlefish Challenge
Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) technologies dive into the deeper blue, giving us the chance to get up close with the amazing flora and fauna that inhabit our seas. Your challenge: Analyse a video from ROV specialist, GeoOceans, monitoring sites at Point Lowly then perform some calculations to quantify the cuttlefish density. To take the challenge, read about…
Challenge: Make your own seaweed spheres
One of the greatest contributors of plastic pollution in our oceans are single-use plastics which have been littering our coasts, endangering our wildlife and polluting our oceans. Sign up to make seaweed spheres-plastic free water bubbles made from sodium alginate which is derived from seaweed. These bubbles are 100% edible, entertaining,environmentally friendly and easily made…
Webinar: The Sea-changers: Creating plastic-free futures
Can I make a difference in my career, and make a living too? How can I transform my passions and the problems I care about into a job? Can science enable me to create a sustainable future, for myself and the planet? This webinar will showcase a bunch of fantastic scientists who are living proof…
Webinar: Engineering the future of the deep blue
You are not just an engineer, but an engineer of something. So, what change will your studies enable in the world? What opportunities might it create for your future? This webinar will showcase a group of awe-inspiring science stars, whose seemingly ordinary beginnings have taken them to places far from the norm. Each has started…