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What happens to the oceans during an ice age?

South

25 July 2019

Ever wonder how the oceans coped with ice ages? What sort of changes might have happened? And how can we study these now? Don you Tassie Tuxedo and come down to the Hobart Brewing Company…

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RSV Nuyina: Design development of Australia’s new Antarctic vessel

South

25 July 2019

In this presentation Vic Doust, Icebreaker Project ILS Officer at Australian Antarctic Division, will provide an overview of the design development process for RSV Nuyina. The Australian Government is delivering a new world-leading Antarctic icebreaker, RSV…

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One Small Step: 50 years since the Apollo missions to the Moon

South

16 July 2019

On 21 July 1969 (Australian time), the world watched as Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin (‘Buzz’) Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon. Over the following two and a half…

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Hazards of Flooding and Flood Modelling for Northern Tasmania

North

14 July 2019

The storm events of 2011 and 2016 led to severe flooding and sediment movement across northern Tasmania. During both events, the Westmorland Stream alluvial system at Caveside (near Mole Creek) was affected by debris flows…

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Dinosaurs! School Holiday Program

North

8 July 2019 - 12 July 2019

Kids, become a palaeontologist this July holidays! Check out a dinosaurs’ world of volcanoes. Create your own fossils and learn how they form. Excavate dinosaur bones and take home your own dig pit. To book…

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Drones: Our Science Eyes in the Sky

South

4 July 2019 - 20 September 2019

Open to the public 9am-5pm Monday to Friday until late-September, the exhibition “Drones: our science eyes in the skies” explores the rapid growth in the use of drones to study subjects as diverse as the extent of Antarctic…

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The ocean revolution – canvas bucket to the microprocessor

South

27 June 2019

When scientists talk about observed changes in the ocean, have you ever wondered how they get those measurements? Or how they can compare measurements taken using old techniques with those from satellites and robotic floats?…

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Sea Rescue: Marine species partnerships restoring our coastal ecosystems

South

25 June 2019

Coastal habitats and the valuable services they provide humans have been degraded worldwide. Policy makers and practitioners are now asking whether large-scale habitat restoration can be used to counter these losses. The prevailing paradigm of marine restoration…

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The Rhythms of Earth and Life through Time

North

23 June 2019

Professor Large challenges the Darwinian concept that evolution is a random process. He will outline recent research on the trace element composition of sedimentary pyrite that demonstrates that the chemistry of the oceans and atmosphere…

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Menzies Institute Seminars: Lessons from Forensic Pathology

South

20 June 2019

There is a time-honoured perception that pathologists may know everything, but that they are always too late. However, on a day-to-day basis forensic pathologists are in a key position to identify illnesses and accidents in…

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A Season at the Sørsdal: Operating an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle beneath an Antarctic ice shelf

North

19 June 2019

Hear about the first deployment of the University of Tasmania’s autonomous underwater vehicle in Antarctic waters and how it was used as a research tool. Refreshments from 5.30pm

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A New Journey to the Centre of the Earth

South

18 June 2019

A public lecture by Professor Hrvoje Tkalčić, the Head of Seismology and Mathematical Geophysics Group at the Australian National University. More than 75 years ago, the Earth’s core was hypothesized to be solid in the centre as…

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