Search results for Geoff Vivian

Earth Sciences Mar 11, 2014

New method gives way to non-invasive subsurface data

A hydro-geologist has found an inexpensive, high-quality three-dimensional imaging method for aquifers and other below-ground features.

Other Mar 6, 2014

Veterinary research highlights refocus for cattle export

Respiratory diseases are the greatest mortality risk for export cattle on long sea voyages according to PhD research by a local veterinary scientist.

Ecology Mar 3, 2014

Ninety-five per cent of world's fish hide in mesopelagic zone

An international team of marine biologists has found mesopelagic fish in the earth's oceans constitute 10 to 30 times more biomass than previously thought.

Plants & Animals Feb 27, 2014

Emu bush likely answer to livestock methane emissions

Animal microbiologists have been trialling alternative fodder plants for ruminants, to reduce methane production and improve nutrition.

Archaeology Feb 24, 2014

Jurassic arthropod-plant interactions from the Australian fossil record

An international team has analysed Jurassic arthropod-plant interactions from the Australian fossil record.

Energy & Green Tech Feb 20, 2014

Researchers design industrial estate using sustainability principles

An engineer and an environmental scientist have designed an industrial estate using sustainability principles.

Polymers Feb 18, 2014

Horizon oil spill inspires hydrocarbon sensor development

Within a decade, it may be possible to detect toxic petrochemical levels in the world's oceans on a daily basis, via a network of remote sensors.

Plants & Animals Feb 11, 2014

Rare algae hides in plain sight

Two marine biologists have found a red algae species that resembles a branching coral.

Plants & Animals Feb 3, 2014

Unique birdsong denotes whipbirds evolutionary divergence

Genetic analysis has shown the eastern and western whipbirds (Psophode sp) to be less closely related than was thought.

Earth Sciences Jan 31, 2014

Prospective carbon capture site lacks ceiling

Researchers' early attempts to find a Perth Basin site to sequester carbon have detected a suitable porous aquifer, but they are yet to find a non-porous cap rock to contain it.

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