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While the cat's away: How removing an invasive species devastated a World Heritage island
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Jan 12, 2009 |
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Removing an invasive species from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, a World Heritage Site, has caused environmental devastation that will cost more than A$24 million to remedy, ecologists have revealed. Writing in the new issue ...
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Removing some cloud seeds of doubt
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 02, 2009 |
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A team of researchers at Monash University has released a new analysis of precipitation records from the long-term cloud seeding operation in Tasmania that shows a promising increase in rainfall during periods of seeding.
Report links power lines to cancer
Aug 24, 2007 |
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An Australian study says living next to high-voltage power lines increases the risk of cancer.
Highest-ever winter water temperatures recorded
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Tasmania’s east coast is recording its highest-ever winter water temperatures of more than 13ºC - up to 1.5ºC above normal - due to a strengthening of an ocean current originating north of ...
Tasmanian Tiger Extinction Mystery
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Jun 27, 2007 |
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A University of Adelaide project led by zoologist Dr Jeremy Austin is investigating whether the world-fabled Tasmanian Tiger may have survived beyond its reported extinction in the late 1930s.
New evidence implicates humans in prehistoric animal extinctions
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 11, 2008 |
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Research led by UK and Australian scientists sheds new light on the role that our ancestors played in the extinction of Australia's prehistoric animals. The study, published this week in the journal Proceedings of ...
Australia's largest clinical trial to test benefits of aspirin
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Researchers at Monash University and the United States-based Berman Center for Outcomes & Clinical Research will lead an international clinical trial to test whether taking aspirin contributes to good health in the elderly.
Benefits outweigh risks from genetically modified plants
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Jan 23, 2008 |
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Australian states should not ban commercial production of genetically modified (GM) plants and food as the risks are alarmist and exaggerated, according to a new study.
Hay fever study interrogates prime suspect: pollen
Nov 02, 2007 |
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A new online tool indicating pollen risk will allow people who suffer from hay fever and asthma to be more informed about air-borne organic irritants this spring. It’s part of a larger project designed to help those for whom ...
Aussie study links asthma to smoking
Sep 04, 2006 |
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Australian scientists who spent nearly 40 years on a research program say asthma in adults can be the result of maternal smoking.
Aggressive treatment of childhood eczema could help prevent asthma
Jul 06, 2008 |
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The study, published online in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, calls for trials of aggressive therapies against childhood eczema in attempt to reduce the incidence of asthma in later life.
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