A lighthouse that’s also a bookshop?? That would be popular in Tas

Oof sorry to hear it

painful to watch

Southern Dustscapes A field journey across New Zealand and Tasmania to uncover how dust shapes landscapes, climate, and Earth’s past.

I’m using an ArcGIS StoryMap to document #fieldwork across #Tasmania and #NewZealand for the Southern Dustscapes project. It records sites, field observations, and sampling.

Have a look if you’re interested in #Quaternary, #geomorphology, #loess or if you just want to see photos.

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Hidden clues in colonial journals reveal why Tasmania’s remote west keeps burning

In Tasmania’s remote southwest, dry lightning storms are starting huge conflagrations across treeless plains. Could a return to cultural burning help?

Danger noodles everywhere!

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Anybody used these for outreach or in the classroom? Recommendations on where to get one?

What happened? (Also yes)

A year already!! I’m sure good things are coming your way

Applications for the Leanne Armand award are now open. This award funds early and mid-career researchers based in Australia to access training in micropaleonotology. Applications are due 28th September, all details can be found on the AQUA website […]

#ANSTO are looking to employ an ongoing climate research scientist. Rare opportunity to join a good group :)

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#FediJobs #FediHired #Climate

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Wilson’s Promontory or Yiruk Wamoon, 3 hours drive from Melbourne, Australia, is National Park with magnificent peaks, beaches, rainforest, and the world’s southernmost mangroves. A hiking and boating paradise, the promontory and surrounding islands are the exposed portions of a Devonian granite batholith.

🌏 Rare opportunity to join us!

We’re hiring two new Lecturer/Senior Lecturers in the School of Earth Atmosphere & Environment #MonashUni, a top 50 global university

🔬 Isotope Geochemistry
🛰️ Remote Sensing/Geospatial
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Call For Abstracts - 2026 IAG International Conference on Geomorphology Call for Abstracts Abstract Submissions Now Open! Click the button to the right to begin your abstract submission. SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE Abstract

Update on the February 2026 International Conference on Geomorphology in New Zealand. We have extended the abstract deadline by 2 weeks until 13th June 2025. We have great plenary speakers, fieldtrips and young geomorphologist programme. #geomorphology #geoscience www.confer.co.nz/icg2026/

A moment of calm on a perfect day in lutruwita (Tasmania)

Study of ancient collision zone reveals origins of enormous hidden mountain range in East Antarctica

Australian researchers have discovered how a large mountain chain resembling the European Alps and buried deep below the East Antarctic ice sheet, grew and partly collapsed more than half a billion years ago. Read more: utas.au/mountain_chain

On this island the birds are so full of plastic they crunch It's an exclusive tourist destination and one of the most pristine places on the planet. It's the last place you would expect to find birds with bellies so full of plastic that they crunch if you sque...

"The mutton birds have become so full of plastic their bellies crunch & crackle with the sound of it."

@SenatorSurfer told me about this a few weeks ago. If this is not another wake up call for our rampant destruction of this planet I don't know what is
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Image of a bog landscape with patches of wetland, forest and open water.

Feeling bogged down or mired in anxiety? Consider that boglands, once equated to wastelands of misery, offer beauty and innovation. These treasures protect history as they control our climate future. With internal strength built one peat layer at a time, bogs control vast landscapes. Love the bogs.

Anthony Albanese wins 2025 federal election with Labor on track for majority Peter Dutton set to lose his own seat of Dickson in Brisbane as Coalition suffers collapse in support * Election 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat counts * Listen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: Gina * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has won the federal election and is poised to retain majority government after a nationwide swing to Labor. The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, is set to lose his home seat of Dickson in Brisbane in a disastrous result for the Coalition. Continue reading...

Anthony Albanese wins 2025 federal election with Labor on track for majority

A person in a garden setting examining a plant.

Deepen your understanding of climate change and learn how you can take meaningful steps towards making a difference in your community and beyond with our free online course.

Delivered by a recognised global leader in climate action, you can enroll today: utas.au/TheClimateSh...

Listen to the full episode with University of Nottingham paleoecologist @michela-mariani.bsky.social

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Mt Rufus track!!

Spent the weekend hunting for wetlands! Beautiful sphagnum peatland and button grass moorland cored near Lake St Clair for the UTas PalaeoLab 🧪⛰️

Not the screen I want to see after an hour writing in a local cafe :( 🧪📝

The first open science meeting of our new COST action happens in Prague in July! We want to attract all kinds of proxies 🐘🌲🐛🪲🔥🥀🧪🌾❄️🦠 - signup this week to get funding #PalaeOpen
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Hill street ones are also my new fav.

🌿 Don’t miss CIEHF Partner Investigator Gerry Turpin on Gardening Australia tonight!

Hear his story on Country, culture & plants. Filmed at JCU’s Nguma-bada Campus, showcasing deep knowledge and care for Land and Sea Country.

📺 ABC 7:30pm | Sun 1:30pm | Stream on iView.

No totally rained out this weekend. Off next weekend!

Glad to see you made it!!