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Displaying from Tuesday, October 02, 2012
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October 2012
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Wednesday 03 |
12:00 - SEMINAR - Soil&Water Seminar, Oct3: : "The Staples Economy and Regional Development in Western Australia”
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The next Soil&Water Seminar will be Prof. Matthew Tonts from SEE, at 12pm on Weds, Oct 3rd. All welcome!
Title: “The Staples Economy and Regional Development in Western Australia”
Abstract: In the 1930s, Canadian historian Harold Innis developed his 'staples thesis' to (...)
Extreme rainfall over the south and north-west of Western Australia and the Sydney region of NSW over the last fifty years has been modelled using a Bayesian hierarchical approach based on statistical extreme value theory. Spatial variability of the extreme rainfall distribution is modelled using a (...)
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Wednesday 10 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : The seasonal hydrodynamic habitat of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret, Israel)
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Physical processes in lakes are the result of a large number of different mechanisms occurring over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales affecting ecosystem function in a variety of ways. Hence, a deep understanding of the lake hydrodynamics and its variability is essential in understanding (...)
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Wednesday 17 |
8:00 - EVENT - Bike doctor on campus for National Ride to Work Day : Free bike checks by the UWA Bike Doctor
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Find out why your bike makes noises, is hard to ride, or why the gears and brakes aren't that great.
Doctor Bike will fix minor mechanical problems and give advice on what's wrong and how to fix it.
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Consistent abundance distributions of marine fishes in an old, climatically buffered, infertile seascape.
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Macroecological theory predicts that along direct physiological gradients there will be unimodal abundance distributions of species and consistent rates of assemblage turnover. However, the majority of marine studies that have investigated the realised distribution of species along latitudinal or (...)
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Wednesday 24 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : ‘Tropical Limnology; Is there such a branch of limnology? If so, what does it represent?’
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The branch of limnology often referred to as ‘Tropical’ limnology is represented by lake studies as diverse as those from alpine, high elevation lakes in Papua New Guinea to athallasic saline lakes located in tropical desert climes.
Thus it can be argued that the internal variability (...)
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November 2012
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Wednesday 07 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Hydrological and biogeochemical pathways in hillslopes of coastal plain catchments: How does seasonality affect phosphorus fate and transport processes?
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Nutrient loss from terrestrial ecosystems causes nutrient enrichment in receiving waterways (eutrophication) threatening their water quality and biodiversity values. The Peel-Harvey estuary (WA), RAMSAR-listed wetlands and their contributing waterways in coastal plain catchments in the Peel-Harvey (...)
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Monday 12 |
11:00 - WORKSHOP - Unlocking soil's secrets to open the door to agricultural productivity gains : Soil Biology Workshop with international, national and local speakers
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As the world population grows and we are facing a 70% increase of food demand over the next four decades,the need to retain versatile and productive soils for food production and to maximise the output from the land is one of the most important issues of our time.
This symposium will bring together (...)
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Wednesday 14 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Numerical modeling of the Long-term transport, dispersion, and accumulation of Black Sea Pollutants into the North Aegean coastal waters.
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The present ecological situation of the Black Sea in relation to increased shipping from ports in the Black Sea, the prospect of considerably high tanker traffic carrying Caspian and Central Asian oil through the Aegean and the excessive loads of nutrients and other harmful substances flowing from (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Cherishing our place: Do women have a special role? : Guest lecture by Professor Carmen Lawrence
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There are two glaring omissions from orthodox models and theories of economic growth: the planet and the human families and communities which live within it. These models neglect the fact that the human economy is embedded in the biosphere which consists of living things, the products of living (...)
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Wednesday 21 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : The role of inland aquatic ecosystems on green house gas fluxes.
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Inland aquatic ecosystems, including rivers, lakes, ponds and reservoirs, occupy a small part of the landscape, but play a key role as a conduit for gas exchange with the atmosphere.
This is dependent on a much larger active surface that previously recognised, intense metabolism in (...)
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Wednesday 28 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Agricultural land management strategies to reduce phosphorus loads in the Gippsland Lakes, Australia.
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A target to reduce phosphorus flows into the Gippsland Lakes in south-eastern Australia by 40% in order to improve water quality has previously been established by stakeholders. This target, like many others worldwide, has been set mostly on the basis of environmental concerns, with limited (...)
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February 2013
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Saturday 09 |
What does corporate social responsibility really mean? And why is social impact becoming increasingly important?
Join Winthrop Professor Paul Flatau as he examines the accelerating economic relationship between government, business and the not-for-profit sector in delivering social and (...)
13:30 - PUBLIC TALK - Developing Ocean-Based Solutions for Humanity's Greatest Challenges
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Oceans can provide us with solutions to address some of our greatest challenges – to safely and sustainably deliver water, food, energy and bioresources. Hear about some of the innovative ocean-based research being undertaken at the Oceans Institute.
This includes environmental (...)
13:30 - PUBLIC TALK - UWA Future Farm 2050 : Hear about clean, green and ethical farm management and how farming can contribute to biodiversity
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The population of the world is tipped to reach nine billion by 2050 and UWA is already working on developing the best farming methods to help feed that many people. Hear about clean, green and ethical farm management and what the University is doing in these areas, as well as how farming can (...)
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Sunday 10 |
10:30 - PUBLIC TALK - Crawley to Kew and Back: Reflections of a Western Australian Botanist on Global Sustainability
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Professor Steve Hopper AC moved to London in 2006 to be the Director of Kew Gardens. He spent six years there and led the organisation through celebrations for its 250th anniversary in 2009. He is a plant conservation biologist, best known for pioneering research leading to positive conservation (...)
13:30 - PUBLIC TALK - Providing World-Class Solutions to Humanity's Challenges : Meet a panel of UWA experts working to meet the challenges of climate change, feeding the world and reducing carbon emissions
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Our global population will grow to nearly nine billion people by 2040 and the world must find solutions to challenges that include climate change, feeding the world and reducing carbon emissions. Through the Energy and Minerals Institute, UWA is often chosen for industry collaborations based on our (...)
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Wednesday 27 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Water Accounting has been in development since June 2004 when the States and Commonwealth Governments signed the National Water Initiative.
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Recent developments in water accounting include the release of:-
1. the Australian Water Accounting Standard,
2. a draft Water Accounting Assurance Standard for public comment,
3. a Water Accounting Framework for the members of the Minerals Council of Australia,
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March 2013
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Wednesday 06 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Seconds from Disaster - Managing Mining Organisational Risk.
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Organisational accidents are typically rare, catastrophic events that can occur within complex modern systems such as nuclear power plants, commercial aviation, petrochemical plants, aerospace, marine, rail transport and complex technological organisations such as banks and mines. It is generally (...)
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Saturday 09 |
Engineers Without Borders and Enactus have collided in an explosion of colour and magnificence to bring you Empower Camp 2013!
What: Meet like-minded people. Explore and discuss ideas around development, poverty, and social justice. Develop leadership skills. There will be workshops (...)
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