Eveline Kolijn  |  METABOLISM    This exhibition presents new work that resulted from two residencies, one in the Vorres Museum of Contemporary Art in Greece in 2015 and a lung cancer research laboratory at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California in 2013.
  
the binding theme is that of Metabolism – in our body…

Lynchpin update –

In March 2016 news was published at our Scholarship site about the program projected for 2016-18: Change of direction for Project: 2016-2018  During 2015, Lynchpin was in discussion with Lauren Black, an acclaimed Hobart based artist who is well known for her detailed botanical work, about a possible Lynchpin collaboration with her between 2016-18. Lauren let us know in…

Invitation CLIMARTE POSTER PROJECT Opening – Thursday 5 May 2016 Image: Angela Brennan – The future is not what it use to be

A Plastic Ocean – help get this film in our cinemas

A Plastic Ocean is a new feature-length adventure documentary that brings to light the consequences of our global disposable lifestyle. In A Plastic Ocean an international team of adventurers, researchers, and world-saving heroes embark on an expedition around the globe that delves into the unknown lurking beneath our seemingly pristine and remote waters. The trailer for A Plastic…

  The Science Show Listen now (Link will open in new window)
 Download audio Saturday 6 February 2016 12:05PM (view full episode) Changing environmental conditions associated with climate change are thought to be behind a devastating algal bloom which shut the Tasmanian seafood industry for four months during the second half of 2015. The algae…

Art Synthesising Science

Counting One to Four: Nature morte, 2015‬ – screened as part of ArtCOP21 in Paris, Melbourne and New York. Counting One to Four: Nature morte synthesises the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) findings revealing predicted mass species extinctions as global average temperatures increase by one to four degrees above pre-industrial levels.   Proudly supported by:…

Conference : full information The global redistribution of our planets’ species is widely recognised as a fingerprint of climate change, however, the mechanisms that underpin such range shifts are poorly understood. Additionally, the pervasiveness of range shifts, from poles to the equator, and depths of oceans to tops of mountains, provides us with unique opportunity…

PLANKTON – learn more

Plankton 2015 State of Australia’s oceans Linking science and policy: read an assessment of our oceans using plankton indicators of ecological change AND understand more here: Plankton: unsung ocean heroes who go with the flow Movement 2 of the symphony ex Oceano, is an expression of the world of phytoplankton Lynchpin project 2012-15 – “a love letter…

CSIRO news from RV Investigator

  ‪Land Ho! The RV Investigator approaches McDonald Islands‬ Major IMAS Investigator voyage to study impact of submarine volcanoes on ocean ecosystems The data from these investigations are used to identify and map hydrothermal systems driven by underwater volcanoes, which they suspect might be driving the Southern Ocean ecosystem from the bottom-up. They’re testing the hypothesis that hydrothermal systems release…

Boron isotope evidence for oceanic carbon dioxide leakage during the last deglaciation Since the beginning of the industrial revolution the oceans have absorbed an estimated 155 billion tonnes of carbon, about 30% of the total human emissions. The present atmospheric CO2 concentrations, approximately 400 parts per million, have not been seen on Earth since the…