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Hear about how plants have to overcome gravity in order to survive, and how the Eastern Australian Current forms a superhighway of water!
Leaves and water: how to overcome gravity
Ms Beatrice Harrison Day
(PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania)
Plants dominate the natural world around us. But how do droughts threaten our plant-life? To answer this question, we first have to look at how plants overcome gravity to move huge volumes of water from the soil to their leaves.
Beatrice is a PhD student using plant physiology to understand drought.
Beatrice is a PhD student using plant physiology to understand drought.
The changing East Australian Current
Dr Chris Chapman
(Research Scientist, CSIRO)
The East Australian Current (EAC) is a "superhighway" for warm, tropical water to make its way to Tassie. We use towering strings of instruments 5km high to study how the EAC's affects Australian seas, and what the future might hold for this region.
Chris is a research oceanographer with CSIRO, who studies the role played by the oceans in climate. He finished his PhD in 2014, working in France for 4 years, before returning to Australia.
Chris is a research oceanographer with CSIRO, who studies the role played by the oceans in climate. He finished his PhD in 2014, working in France for 4 years, before returning to Australia.
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