Posts by Alex Mead

Climate data to aid drought resilience

Augusta Margaret River Mail, Other, 24/01/2021 Farmers will be given access to specialised climate data to help build their drought […]

Mouse plague wreaks havoc across two states, destroying crops in Qld, blanketing parts of NSW

ABC Online, Other, 24/01/2021, Maddelin McCosker and Vicki Thompson A mouse plague is wreaking havoc across multiple Australian states, as […]

Scientists just discovered 3 new kinds of carnivorous sponge in the deep ocean

msn.com, www.msn.com/en-us, 18/01/2021, Jacinta Bowler Even though we know the deep sea is weird, 'carnivorous sea sponges' still sound like […]

‘Rubbish Season’ gets underway in Bali: Plastic covers beaches in what is now becoming an annual event blamed on ocean pollution and monsoons

Daily Mail, Other, 19/01/2021, Sophie Tanno 'Rubbish season' is underway in Bali as plastic covers the country's beaches in what […]

Climate change pushed ocean temperatures to record high in 2020, study finds

ABC Online, Other, 18/01/2021, Ben Deacon The world's oceans absorbed 20 sextillion joules of heat due to climate change in […]

Artificial intelligence can deepen social inequality. Here are 5 ways to prevent this

Tech Explore, techxplore.com, 14/01/2021 From Google searches and dating sites to detecting credit card fraud, artificial intelligence (AI) keeps finding […]

2020 ACM Fellows recognized for work that underpins contemporary computing

EurekAlert!, Other, 14/01/2021 Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named 95 members ACM Fellows for […]

Research vessel Investigator completes six-week science voyage in Southern Ocean

Baird Maritime, Other, 15/01/2021 Australian researchers have returned from a six-week marine science voyage investigating the critical role of ocean […]

Antioxidant-rich Queen Garnet plum now in season

Fresh Plaza, Other, 16/01/2021 Perfect growing conditions have delivered fantastic fruit quality and doubled the yield of the Queen Garnet […]