GONE FERAL: TASMANIA'S HISTORY WITH CATS
By Alex Paton When people find out I am studying feral cats, I get hit with a lot of questions and opinions. Well, mostly opinions, and...
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- Mar 26, 2021
- 5 min
A VERY CUTE PROBLEM: HOW DOES CUTE AGGRESSION OCCUR
By Yeevon Teo A friend of mine has a white, fluffy Shiba Inu. She is one of the cutest dogs I have ever seen. The first time I saw her I...
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- Dec 2, 2020
- 5 min
WHAT IS ENDEMISM AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?
By Annie Nguyen In my research to understand the structure and drivers of flora that are on volcanic soil in eastern Australia, I often...
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- Aug 12, 2020
- 6 min
META-ANALYSIS TRUMPS FAKE NEWS
By Tom Botterill-James Meta-analysis: a tool to avoid drowning in a sea of information, or, ‘should you be trying to get your hands on...
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- Jun 10, 2020
- 5 min
AUSTRALIA'S BIRDS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN CULTURE
By Matthew Fielding Birds have been on the Australian continent for eons. Australia is even recognised as the origin of the songbirds...
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- Apr 15, 2020
- 4 min
BUSHFIRES AS DRIVERS OF EXTINCTION: PRESENT & PAST
By Matt McDowell The recent massive firestorms that incinerated much of Australia’s vegetation has left people reeling, but the impacts...
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- Mar 5, 2020
- 5 min
THE OPENING UP OF INDIGENOUS LANDS IN BRAZIL IS A THREAT TO GLOBAL-SCALE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
By Carley Fuller Araribóia indigenous territory in Maranhão state, north-eastern Brazil, has been described as an island of green amid a...
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- Jan 20, 2020
- 6 min
RESPONSIBLE WILDLIFE "PROVISIONING"
By Rebecca Wheatley Over the past five months, huge areas of Australia have been devastated by fire and drought. As of writing, over 10...
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- Dec 11, 2019
- 4 min
INEFFICIENCY NEEDS CULTIVATING TOO
By Luke Yates The title of this blog post is a line that captured my attention while reading the recently published book, Range, by David...
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- Oct 7, 2019
- 7 min
SHOOTING THE VECTOR: NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR USES TO SUPPRESS A DEADLY ANIMAL
By Tessa Smith Like all good netizens, I have at least once gotten into an argument with strangers on the internet. The argument in...
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- Aug 26, 2019
- 6 min
UNDERSTANDING BIAS-VARIANCE TRADE-OFF WITH ILLUSTRATION
By Kasirat Turfi Kasfi When I sat down to brainstorm a topic to write for the DEEP blog, I thought what would be that one thing that...
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- May 29, 2019
- 6 min
NUCLEAR, RENEWABLES, OR BOTH?
By Barry Brook I’ve long been interested in sustainable energy systems. In 2008 I co-wrote a popular book on nuclear energy, have...
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- Mar 15, 2019
- 6 min
ARE WE MISSING THE BIG PICTURE? HOW TO THINK GLOBAL AND ACT LOCAL FOR PROTECTED AREAS
By Cristian Montalvo Mancheno Land-use change is one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss (1). Setting aside protected areas (PAs)...
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- Jan 8, 2019
- 5 min
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD TREES: TASMANIAN ANCIENT PLANTS AND NEW FIRE REGIMES
By Stefania Ondei Bushfires have been ravaging Tasmania for more than a month. This is not an isolated event, but rather the latest...
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- Nov 20, 2018
- 5 min
WOULD MOVING A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME SMELL AS SWEET?
By Shane Morris As I watched “Arrival”, a movie about aliens descending to Earth and their interaction with a human linguist, I got...
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- Nov 6, 2018
- 4 min
ENERGY FOR THOUGHT: FOOD SECURITY CAN BE OBTAINED THROUGH AN INCREASE IN ENERGY SUPPLY
By Elise Ringwaldt In 2017, I was invited to visit The Breakthrough Institute and attend their Dialogue: Democracy in the Anthropocene....
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- Oct 5, 2018
- 5 min
WHAT OPTIONS DO WE HAVE TO MITIGATE ‘DANGEROUS’ IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE?
By Sanghyun Hong Although it is a little bit late, we are doing something to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, aren’t we? We are...
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- Sep 10, 2018
- 5 min
THE FORGOTTEN TASMANIAN EMUS
By Tristan Derham If you are from Tasmania you have likely heard your mate’s story about the time they, or their friend’s friend, saw a...
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- Aug 6, 2018
- 4 min
THE BIG DEAD BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA
By Matt Fielding When we think of fossils, we typically think of dinosaurs and giant mammals. However, Australia was also home to more...
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- May 31, 2018
- 9 min
THE TRUE STORY OF FLIGHTLESS BIRDS
– INTERROGATIONS ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF FLIGHTLESS BIRDS – By Lucile Lévêque The popular ideas we have about the way birds became...
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