ecology

2011 Fellows announced

23 August 2011

Coral, Cancer Capsules & Conservation Three $20,000 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellowships for 2011 were awarded to  talented Australian women in science on Tuesday, 23 August 2011. Then on 24 August the three fellows visited the Australian Synchrotron and presented their research to 160 female students in year’s 9-11 for the L’Oréal Australia [...]

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The complex life of coral

23 August 2011

Tracy Ainsworth James Cook University Coral interactions more complex than ever suspected. Dr Tracy Ainsworth’s research is changing our understanding of the life of the tiny coral animals that built Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef. Her work comes at a critical time for the future of coral reefs—threatened by a warming ocean and by coral [...]

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Can we save the tiger with mathematics?

23 August 2011

Eve McDonald-Madden The University of Queensland Turning to mathematics to allow us to make smarter conservation decisions. The diversity of life on Earth underpins the global economy. But we’re losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate and human-induced climate change will threaten more species—up to 37 per cent of the plants and animals with which we [...]

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Celebrate International Women’s Day with Australian women scientists

6 March 2009

Marking International Women’s Day, five of the world’s women leaders in science each received the $US100,000 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science at a ceremony in Paris.
The five laureates have diverse interests – from light-based cancer therapy to the life of stars. There are no Australian recipients this year.
In Australia, L’Oréal provides $20,000 fellowships for [...]

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Big ecology: From tundra to savanna

26 August 2008

Why are some plant seeds very small and others large? Angela Moles tackled this simple question by compiling information on 12,669 plant species. She discovered that plant seeds in the tropics are, on average, 300 times bigger than seeds in colder places like the northern coniferous forests. She then used these data to follow the [...]

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