Australia’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) ensures that researchers have access to the facilities, equipment and resources they need to produce world-class research. These resources range from supercomputers and microscopes to datasets and software platforms, all provided through 27 NCRIS projects and facilities around Australia. With the resources provided by the NCRIS projects, researchers…
Topic: Agriculture
Avoiding Disaster: Can science protect us from bushfires?
Bushfires are becoming a regular feature of Australian summers. Fire seasons are becoming longer and starting earlier, and high severity fires are occurring more frequently and often in unexpected places. However, with all the recent rain and floods in Australia, do we need to be worried about the upcoming bushfire season? Bushfire scientists try to…
Earth Science Incursions at Adelaide River Festival
Australian Earth Science Education (AusEarthEd) is offering free, hands-on, incursions across a range of earth science topics to schools attending the Adelaide River Festival on Friday 12 August as part of our (PALMS Program). AusEarthEd has recently expanded into the Northern Territory after 15+ years of Earth Science and STEM education support in WA. During…
Communicating with Plants: Exploring how First Nations perspectives intersect with futuristic biotechnologies
Join us for an early evening at Carriageworks in which we have a lively and imaginative discussion about why we should listen to plants, how First Nations cultural practices encourage deep listening to Country, and whether futuristic biotechnologies can help humans ‘communicate’ with our leafy friends… The panel will feature choreographer and performer, Henrietta Baird,…
Bonya: Soils Across the NT
The NT has a huge variety of soils ranging from the red sands of Finke in Central Australia to rich dark soils surrounding Pularumpi School in Tiwi Islands and the silty deposits of the Roper River adjacent Ngukurr School. Thirty schools are collaborating on the Soils Across the NT project and are taking soil samples…
Sadadeen: Soils Across the NT
The NT has a huge variety of soils ranging from the red sands of Finke in Central Australia to rich dark soils surrounding Pularumpi School in Tiwi Islands and the silty deposits of the Roper River adjacent Ngukurr School. Thirty schools are collaborating on the Soils Across the NT project and are taking soil samples…
Newcastle Waters: Soils Across the NT
The NT has a huge variety of soils ranging from the red sands of Finke in Central Australia to rich dark soils surrounding Pularumpi School in Tiwi Islands and the silty deposits of the Roper River adjacent Ngukurr School. Thirty schools are collaborating on the Soils Across the NT project and are taking soil samples…
Bulman: Soils Across the NT
The NT has a huge variety of soils ranging from the red sands of Finke in Central Australia to rich dark soils surrounding Pularumpi School in Tiwi Islands and the silty deposits of the Roper River adjacent Ngukurr School. Thirty schools are collaborating on the Soils Across the NT project and are taking soil samples…
Batchelor: Soils Across the NT
The NT has a huge variety of soils ranging from the red sands of Finke in Central Australia to rich dark soils surrounding Pularumpi School in Tiwi Islands and the silty deposits of the Roper River adjacent Ngukurr School. Thirty schools are collaborating on the Soils Across the NT project and are taking soil samples…
Nightcliff: Soils Across the NT
The NT has a huge variety of soils ranging from the red sands of Finke in Central Australia to rich dark soils surrounding Pularumpi School in Tiwi Islands and the silty deposits of the Roper River adjacent Ngukurr School. Thirty schools are collaborating on the Soils Across the NT project and are taking soil samples…