Lynchpin Scholar and ex Oceano PhD candidate, Nick Roden – Research Article Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 10.1002/2016JC012008   Carbon cycling dynamics in the seasonal sea-ice zone of East Antarctica Nicholas P. Roden1,2,3, Bronte Tilbrook2,3, Thomas W. Trull2,3, Patti Virtue1,3, and Guy D. Williams1,3 1Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2CSIRO…

Oceanic Bliss: Living seagrass Installation, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney, 9 December 2016 – 19 February 2017 Enter a world of seagrass meadows; look, touch, draw or write; find patterns in data; sense with your body an ancient choreography; explore photosynthesis – shine a light to illuminate a seagrass bed . . . and much…

Longtime friend of Lynchpin, Canadian artist Eveline Kolijn, presents new work.   You are invited to attend the closing reception of a Voyage to Vorres Museum An Exhibition of Allyson Glenn and Eveline Kolijn Curated by Anahita Akhavan Join our closing reception after our artist talks on February 10, 2017, from 8 to 10pm Opening:  January…

Making Sense of Climate Science Denial

OF INTEREST – from the University of Queensland Free Online edX Course: Making Sense of Climate Science Denial: Denial101x Climate change is real, so why the controversy and debate?  Are you interested in climate science and how people think about climate change? Learn to make sense of the science and to respond to climate change denial.…

A Churchill Fellowship for Lauren Black!

Many congratulations to Lauren Black on this great opportunity. Lauren will use her scholarship to visit collections in museums in Paris, Italy and the UK, where she will take particular note of medical and botanical collections. Lauren would like her work to build a bridge between art and science that opens our understandings of the…

This musical work is  Linsey Pollak – Live Looping endangered animal calls using midi wind controller, with Lizzie O’Keefe – voice. Watch on YouTube Once upon a time there was a planet called Earth. During many millions of years a rich, complex and beautiful ecosystem developed with an incredible variety of lifeforms. Over time one of the…

The Anthropocene: A New Age Of Humans

ABC Catalyst: Tuesday, 15 November 2016 Human impacts on the way our planet functions have now become so extreme many scientists are claiming the Earth has shifted out of the Holocene state and into a new geological epoch. They’re calling it ‘The Anthropocene’, the new age of humans, because millions of years after we are gone,…

Scientists Discover an Underwater Pollinator

Tides and currents do a great job of sweeping pollen from marine plant to plant, so scientists thought underwater pollinators were unnecessary. But now, researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico have discovered a species of Caribbean seagrass, Thalassia testudinum, that can be pollinated by zooplankton and bottom-dwelling invertebrates. Read more.

eco film festival 17-20 November visit the website: checkout the range of talks and films available – grab the opportunity! Of particular interest to Lynchpin are the following: SATURDAY 19TH NOV 10.30AM – 12.00PM ECO Panel: Ocean and Coral Reef Aurora Lecture Theatre, IMAS, 25 Castray Esplanade, HObart. Followed by – The Wonderful World of Plankton. SATURDAY…

Another perspective – consider grains of sand!

Well, well – isn’t it the case that we are tripped up frequently by the accuracy of a Shakespeare quote or a phrase from the Old Testament which resonate in an extraordinary way when modern science comes up with something new – a capacity to look deeply into an area of the natural world which takes…