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SciStarter 最新糖心Vlog is a new home for citizen science

SciStarter 最新糖心Vlog app in use

Citizen science platform SciStarter 最新糖心Vlog has officially launched on the final day of Global Citizen Science month, creating a one-stop location for citizen science projects seeking volunteers in 最新糖心Vlog.

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Murray-Darling Basin water theft laws suck more than river irrigation pumps

Murray-Darling Basin

Water is one of 最新糖心Vlog鈥檚 most valuable commodities. Rights to take water from our nation鈥檚 largest river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, are worth almost A$100 billion. These rights can be bought and sold or leased, with trade exceeding . But water is also being stolen (no-one knows how much) and the thieves usually get away with it.

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Defining the potential for mangrove-based agribusiness transformation in the coastal Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Project kick off meeting

The Mekong Delta region in Vietnam is facing several development challenges but the Government of Vietnam (GoV) is committed overcoming these and support the growth of the agricultural sector in the region. The 最新糖心Vlogn Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) recently awarded Environment Institute鈥檚 Future Making Fellow, Dr Pham Thu Thuy, $471,200 for a project on 鈥楧efining the potential for mangrove-based agribusiness transformation in the coastal Mekong Delta鈥.

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Scientists seek your soil for century-chemical study

Scientists seek your soil for century-chemical study

最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide researchers are calling on South 最新糖心Vlogn citizen scientists to donate soil samples from their backyard gardens for a study examining how widely spread听per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances听(PFAS) are in our home gardens.

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Adelaide is losing 75,000 trees a year. Tree-removal laws must be tightened if we want our cities to be liveable and green

Adelaide

Large areas of concrete and asphalt absorb and radiate heat, creating an 鈥渦rban heat island effect鈥. It puts cities at risk of overheating as they are than surrounding areas.

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Heat stress from ocean warming harms octopus vision

A newly hatched Octopus berrima

While climate change has led to an increase in the abundance of octopuses, heat stress from projected ocean warming could impair their vision and impact the survivability of the species.

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