Tune in to a range of conversations that were part of the Evolving Conversations Forum, Living Data’s contribution to the Ultimo Science Festival – hear the comments and be part of an evolving discussion about ways science and art may interact to bring information in new ways.     Enjoy more forum excerpts here. The Evolving Conversations…

Perspective

There are different ways of responding to the world and to issues of climate change. Faithfully recording changing landscapes and bringing far places to us through the arts is one. Zaria Forman draws large scale pastels that document Earth’s shifting landscape and the effects of progressive climate change. “Being out in nature is certainly what…

The Diatomist

Enjoy the wonders of the microscopic world of diatoms from Klaus Kemp, the last surviving diatomist!   Filmmaker Matthew Killip brings us this glimpse of another world – an intersection between science and art.

Living Data Evolving Conversations Exhibition Ultimo Science Festival Sydney 2014 – Curators: Lisa Roberts and Anita Marosszeky assisted by Jason Benedek and Andrew Purnell. Lisa Roberts writes: From the Arctic to the Antarctic, from the East to the West, over 30 scientists and artists cross the globe in conversations about sustaining life and minimising harmful human…

Living Data – Evolving Conversations Exhibition

Evolving Conversations: University of Technology, Sydney,  Main Entrance Foyer, 3 Sept – 20 Nov 2014 And within the Ultimo Science Festival, Sydney 3-12 Sept 2014 From the Arctic to the Antarctic, from the East to the West, over 30 scientists and artists cross the globe in conversations about sustaining life and minimising harmful human impacts. Although science is a…

Antarctica’s Paradox

Antarctica: Sea Ice, Catalyst ABC TV: Thursday, 31 July 201 Expanding sea ice is leading many to believe that global warming is not having an impact on Antarctica. The recent stranding of research vessels in unusually thick sea ice even led some to claim that climate research in this region is a waste of time. But…

Ocean microbes orchestrate gene activity

BY SCIENCE NEWS STAFF 5:04PM, JULY 10, 2014 Science Ticker: Guest post by Tina Hesman Saey Ocean microbes choreograph their activities, a study in the July 11 Science suggests. Scientists already knew that photosynthetic bacteria coordinate gene activity with the sun, but marine microbiologist Edward DeLong of MIT and the University of Hawaii and colleagues now report that nonphotosynthetic ocean…

Adventures in the Anthropocene

Responses to a changing planet Listen now The Science Show, Radio National: Saturday 12 July 2014 12:44PM   Who would have thought a single species could change the climate, and in such a short period of time. Gaia Vince read the constant stream of reports from journalists as news editor of Nature. She decided to get up…

Tropical fish threaten kelp and algae

  Plant-eating tropical fish species are causing serious damage to algae and kelp forests in sub-tropical and temperate regions around the world, an international team of experts warn. The findings come from a review published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, which suggests that climate change is leading to ‘tropicalisation’ – the…

Cyanobacteria – a new role?

Are bacteria capable of producing fuel – the building blocks for many industrial processes? A few months ago the Science Show, ABC Radio National, reported on work aimed at producing useful substances from algae. See this link: Scale the trick in getting algal biofuel cost down –  8th March 2014. It seems there may be…