Past events

This page lists RSB past events.

A smiling middle-aged man wearing a brown sweater over a pink shirt, standing in front of lush greenery.
16 May 2024 | 1 - 2pm

The Australian Acoustic Observatory (A2O) was created five years ago, a unique infrastructure to monitor vocal fauna across Australia using a network of solar powered acoustic recorders.

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A fan-throated lizard displaying its colorful dewlap on a rocky surface.
9 May 2024 | 1 - 2pm

Fitness depends entirely on how well individuals can survive and reproduce – both of which can be quite stressful. What makes these even more challenging is that the traits that may increase reproductive success can often decrease survivorship. 

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A woman in a plaid shirt and beanie holds a small emu chick outdoors.
2 May 2024 | 1 - 2pm

Over previous decades, the fields of phylogeography, macroecology, and macrophysiology have helped us to understand natural systems and how they respond to anthropogenic disturbance.

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A person in cycling gear smiling next to a "Nederland" sign with a blue background and yellow stars.
24 Apr 2024 | 12 - 1pm

The impacts of climate change on plants are hard to quantify, leading to uncertainties in predicting future gross primary productivity and carbon budgets of (agro)ecosystems.

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19 Apr 2024 | 11am
18 Apr 2024 | 11am
17 Apr 2024 | 11am
Collage of three different stages of a plant's lifecycle, showing close-ups of pollen-covered catkins, bright yellow spherical flowers, and hanging mature seed pods.
15 Apr 2024 | 12:30 - 1:30pm
An illustration of Tinker Bell touching a colorful DNA helix with her wand, standing on a large, vivid red flower.
5 Apr 2024 | 3:30pm

Can you think of a fast and efficient plant gene editing method to produce crops that do not succumb to a changing climate?

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