How giant icebergs breathe life into remote oceans

Revealed how giant icebergs breathe life into remote oceans Prof Grant Bigg Professor in Earth Systems Science, University of Sheffield Extract: Why icebergs mean oceans store more carbon Here’s how it works: as Antarctic ice sheets slowly slide towards the ocean they bump along the continent’s bedrock, picking up iron and other nutrients which become…

CSIRO – a life in Science

CSIRO – a life in Science – Nick Roden and others talk about the opportunities – it takes creativity to ask the interesting questions and it takes innovation, science and technology to answer them.   CSIROseven – Careers from CSIRO on Vimeo.  

How to Measure Success at the Paris Climate Conference

Professor Will Steffen comments to the Australian Institute of International Affairs Paris is the focus of the world this week, not only because of the horrific terrorist attacks, but also because the City of Lights is about to welcome some of the world’s most senior leaders who have vowed to tackle climate change. Will the Paris…

ARTCOP21 COAL and CAPE FAREWELL – the two European partners behind ARTCOP21 – have mobilised artists and the wider cultural sector, to create a festival and cultural symposium during the Cop21 conference – the 21st United Nations Conference on climate change, Paris. From 30th November until 10th December 2015, they have created an exceptional cultural-climate festival in the city of Paris and a global on-line arts…

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ROAD TO PARIS

Australian Institute of International Affairs Promoting understanding of international issues Professor Will Steffen speaks with Catherine Garlick At an AIIA ACT Branch event this week, Professor Will Steffen explained that the narrative around climate change has shifted dramatically in the last 12-24 months, with profound implications for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris later this…

Optimism, Knowledge and the future of enlightenment

The future of the enlightenment Listen now(Link will open in new window)
 Download audio Radio National Tuesday 3 November 2015 8:05PM (view full episode)   In the 18th century enlightenment values transformed the way we thought about the world and our place in it but three hundred years later are those ideals of reason and…

Love song for a changing ocean

  Listen to Nick Roden, Robert Johnson and composer Matthew Dewey talk about ex Oceano – presented on Off Track by Dr Ann Jones, Radio National, 31 October, 2015. The story of the ocean, its life, its temperature, its depths and its acidification all wrought in notes on a stave –  This music does not replace…

Carbon capture and storage: Seagrasses do it for free

Saturday 24 October 2015 12:25PM (view full episode) Seagrasses grow in coastal environments. They take in large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in root systems where it accumulates over time in a stable environment. The amount of carbon stored is calculated as being up to 100 times that stored in…

“Godzilla” El Nino kicks off fire season

Drive: RN Tuesday 6 October 2015 6:40PM Professor David Bowman, Pyro-geographer and Biologist in Environmental Change at the University of Tasmania, joined RN Drive to discuss the early bush fires burning in various states, with Victoria facing the highest number – a 100 fires burning at 6th October with at least 200 properties under threat.…

“Print It Large!”

“Print It Large!” – Alberta Printmakers stage Calgary’s first Steamroller Print Project! In September, as part of Alberta Printmakers annual Print It Yourself Festival, this event was intended to get students, artists and the community to come together in a cooperative and collaborative event to celebrate culture. During the month prior to the Festival, seven…