The Royal Society of Tasmania

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2018 Lectures

Dr Karin Orth – Mega Volcanic Eruptions and the Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time – 1.30 pm Sunday 24th June 2018 – Meeting Room, QVMAG at Inveresk

Five near extinguishments of life on Earth have been related to changes in Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. Extra-terrestrial meteorites are often blamed, but Earth’s own forces may be suspect. Heat within the Earth builds volcanoes. Even small volcanic eruptions have local, regional and global climate effects. Giant lava fields coincide with the three most recent […]

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2017 Award winners

2017 Doctoral Award Dr Lavenia Ratnarajah Dr Ratnarajah’s research focussed on the effects of natural iron fertilization by baleen whales and Antarctic krill on the Southern Ocean carbon cycle. Dr Ratnarajah’s dissertation demonstrated that Antarctic krill acts as an efficient reservoir of Fe, with much of the consumed Fe being stored in the digestive organs […]

Bursaries announced for Tasmanian students

Honours, Awards and Bursaries Committee Bursaries: Our Society now has the opportunity to offer up to three or four bursaries per year for Tasmanian students who have been selected to attend an overseas science, engineering or mathematics peak activity having attended a similar one in Australia. The amount of each bursary will be in the order […]

2018 Upcoming lectures

2018 10th April: M.R. Banks medal winner Prof Michael Breadmore: Chemical answers now – safer food, water and environment through chemistry on a chip 1st May: Ms Sophie Muller Director of the Tasmanian Climate Change Office in the Department of Premier and Cabinet – Putting the change in climate change 5th June: Dr Andreas Klocker – Sistema Huautla, Cave […]

Congratulations Adele Wilson!

Dr Adele Wilson, newly elected Council member of the Royal Society of Tasmania, has won the Winifred Curtis Award from the Science Teachers’ Association of Tasmania. The Winifred Curtis Award is awarded annually and celebrates outstanding work in science education in Tasmania. Dr Wilson was presented with the award at the state science teachers’ conference […]