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Outside the comfort zone: Energy consumption and museums
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/outside-the-comfort-zone-energy-consumption-and-museums/Australia's big museums and art galleries each use as much energy as a small country town. How long can we afford, let alone justify that?
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A Close Encounter of the Climate Kind: Mick Aschroft shares his experiences at the frontier
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-close-encounter-of-the-climate-kind/Two of our researchers are pioneering new techniques for measuring changes in climate on small, and revealing scales.
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Australian summer – too hot to handle for flying-foxes?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/too-hot-for-flying-foxes/Increasing heatwaves across Australia impact dramatically on flying-fox populations.
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The breakdown of the world’s water content
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-breakdown-of-the-worlds-water-content/Why is water so precious? Because only a small percentage, 0.08% of the world's water can be used for domestic use.
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Fish in hot water
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/fish-in-hot-water/Last night we had a terrific talk in the beach house by Prof Phil Munday of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University: "Fish in hot water: how will climate change affect coral reef fishes?"
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Renewable Energy — Is FiT (Feed-In Tariff) a good fit for Australians?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/renewable-energy-is-fit-feed-in-tariff-a-good-fit-for-australians/The Australian government hopes to see 20% of Australia's electricity supply coming from renewable sources by 2020. Will the Feed-In Tariff (FiT) program help achieve this target?
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Is there an eco-balance?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/is-there-an-eco-balance/It can be a challenge to lead a sustainable lifestyle that is easy, affordable and suits our personal needs. Is there an eco-balance to living sustainably and living comfortably?
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Six reasons for hope in the face of climate change: Professor Lesley Hughes
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/pioneering-australian-ecologist-wins-2019-australian-museum-research-institute-lifetime-achievement-award/Read pioneering ecologist Professor Lesley Hughes's inspiring speech on the occasion of her acceptance of the 2019 AMRI Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Andrea Gaynor
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/humannature-podcast-andrea-gaynor/Hold the past to account with Andrea Gaynor, University of Western Australia as she proposes `radical remembering’ to actively confront the challenges of the Anthropocene.
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Live at the AM: HumanNature Series 2019 - Mark Carey
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/human-nature-mark-carey-oct2019/The culture and politics of ice. University of Oregon’s Mark Carey explores the fundamental role of glacial ice in global economics and politics, and within imaginative, historical and colonial narratives.
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