ENVIRONMENT
Environment topics: Risk management
A sense of things to come – smart sensors and the environment
Bushfires spark extensive search for answers
Predicting natural events
Fixing the cracks in disaster mitigation
The bitter – sweet taste of toxic substances
A sense of things to come – smart sensors and the environment
Monitoring reef systems or catchments for environmental change can be a big job; sometimes too big for humans to handle without a bit of technological assistance. Now that assistance is increasingly available in the form of smart sensors.
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ARC Research Network on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing |
Bushfires spark extensive search for answers
They can start with a momentary flicker, they can burn for months, and their effects can scar landscapes and lives for years.
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Australian Research Council Linkage Learned Academies Special Project Grant |
Predicting natural events
The study of thresholds and pattern dynamics may be a key to unlocking our understanding of catastrophic climate change and other types ofcomplex systems.
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The Sir Mark Oliphant International Frontiers of Science and Technology Conference Series |
Fixing the cracks in disaster mitigation
Better planning and construction can greatly reduce the impacts of earthquakes and other disasters.
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The bitter-sweet taste of toxic substances
Household items such as bleach, disinfectant and detergent are an integral part of everyday life – and they are all potentially toxic. How can we minimise the risks they present?
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the Australian Government's National Innovation Awareness Strategy |