Earthwatch Australia in Carlton, Victoria, Australia | Non-profit organisation

Earthwatch Australia

Locality: Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9016 7590

Address: 60 Leicester Street 3053 Carlton, VIC, Australia

Website: https://www.earthwatch.org.au/

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25.01.2022 Three Tasmanian teachers had the time of their lives at Stony Head as part of the #BushBlitz #TeachLive program. Ben Smethurst of Kingston High got up close and personal with the Stony Head invertebrates. He gained valuable field experience with scientists and unique knowledge of Tasmania’s flora and fauna to take back to his students. Ruth Whelan of the Sustainability Learning Centre & Lindisfarne Primary School found a ‘long legged, short legged grasshopper thing’, identifi...ed by scientists as Psednura pedestris. Helen Wilson of Launceston Church Grammar taught live from the field to grade 5&6 students. Helen inspired students with demonstrations of specimen collection techniques and a live Q&A session between her students and #BushBlitz scientists.

25.01.2022 Another collection of images from our Stony Head Bush Blitz in Tasmania which concluded last week - details with each image Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Qu...een Victoria Museum and Art Gallery UNSW Science Defence Australia Earthwatch Australia Parks Australia BHP Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Dr Simon Grove TMAG curator of invertebrates Simon Grove TMAG & David Maynard QVMAG

24.01.2022 #ThreatenedSpeciesDay

24.01.2022 Don't miss out, limited copies available!

23.01.2022 TMAG lepidopterist Cathy Byrne has been working the early morning and late night shifts to collect moths on our Stony Head Bush Blitz. Here's just a small selec...tion from what she has found. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery UNSW Science Defence Australia Earthwatch Australia BHP Parks Australia Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

20.01.2022 Have you taken part in any of our Flight2Light activities yet? One of them is checking what's attracted to the lights around your home and adding photos to our ...Backyard Species Discovery project. You might even see one of these speccy moths! You can find all the details for signing up to Flight2Light here: https://bushblitz.org.au/, or for those just wanting to upload photos of moths to our Backyard Species Discovery Project, go here: https://bushblitz.org.au/introducing-an-expedition-for-eve/

20.01.2022 Summer is the time of year when Cherry Ballart fruit. With climate change, we expect plants to start shooting and flowering earlier in the year. You can help us record these seasonal changes through ClimateWatch bit.ly/cwaus #phenology #citscioz #climatecrisis... Image: Tim Rudman, Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0

19.01.2022 Great news for our schools in the Riverlands and Murraylands! Barmera Primary School has taken their KTK week event Virtual and you are all invited! Earthwatch Australia

19.01.2022 Need help finding snails and slugs for your the Bush Blitz Scavenger Hunt? Get all the pro tips from the Gastropod Guru Kevin Bonham for your chance to win. htt...ps://bushblitz.org.au/backyard-species-discovery-scaven/ Earthwatch Australia, BHP, iNaturalist.org, Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Parks Australia, Australian Science Teachers Association, The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Australian Museum, National Science Week #Scienceathome #lockdownteaching, #sydneysciencetrail https://youtu.be/kwwz70K42_Q

19.01.2022 Well done to everyone for an amazing virtual #KTKCon2020

19.01.2022 Thanks to everyone that joined us last Saturday night for our Flight2Light night at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. A special thanks also to entomolog...ists Dr Keith Baylis and Madeline Giannotta from CSIRO and arachnologist Ben Wombat Shoard for sharing their amazing wealth of knowledge about nocturnal insects and spiders Thanks to @Aidandaly for taking these great photos.

18.01.2022 Our connection to nature is more important than ever. How important were green spaces, parks, water ways, and beaches to you during lockdown? This #Christmas support our #FundraisingAppeal to help us get you #BacktoNature for a unique Earthwatch experience. https://bit.ly/bk2nature

18.01.2022 #KTKCon2020 this Monday 30 November!

17.01.2022 Become a ClimateWatcher for free! http://bit.ly/cwaus

15.01.2022 ClimateWatch in action with our friends at Sunshine Coast Council.

13.01.2022 Congratulations to the winners of our Scavenger Hunt on iNaturalist.org: * Individual winner - Thomas Mesaglio (@thebeachcomber) * Group winner - Bjorn & Ka...sper Howorth (@jasmineh) * Primary School winner - Kongwak Junior School (@kongwak-junior-p-3) One of Thomas' observations was the first record on iNaturalist of "Sauroconcha sheaia" (a type of native land snail) . It seemed a bit unfair to compare those just starting out on their iNaturalist journey with the likes of Thomas, so we will be sending some extra prizes to three of our younger entrants who were all Highly Commended - Anna Sheary (11 years), Abby Sheary (9 years) and Lana Goodall (13 years). While looking for a crustacean, the children at Kongwak Junior School spotted an unusual blue Common Rough Woodlouse. Thanks to the magic of iNaturalist, viral taxonomist @jameskdouch was on hand to explain what they had found - a woodlouse infected with "Invertebrate iridescent virus 31". This was only the second record of the virus in Australia and the questions and answers that followed in the comments of this observation are worth reading, including a statement about the woodlouse not having to wear a mask as it breathes out its butt! https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49547656

11.01.2022 #KTKCon2020 today!

10.01.2022 Join these passionate ClimateWatchers! http://bit.ly/cwaus

09.01.2022 Have you signed up for #Flight2Light yet? Go to www.bushblitz.org.au and help scientists Save The Dark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcN8ev0dRn8&t=29s

08.01.2022 Wonderful to see our star pupils from Kongwak Primary School acknowledged for their fantastic contribution to science . Thanks to PhD student James Douch from... The University of Melbourne for sharing his love of science with these budding entomologists Want to get your class involved in the Bush Blitz Backyard Species Discovery project? Go to https://sites.google.com/view/backyardspeciesdiscovery/home https://www.abc.net.au//kongwak-students-discover/12922572

07.01.2022 New publication from our HSBC #BlueCarbonArmy! Data collected by our Sydney #citizenscientists reveals the significant, but short-term effects of a fertiliser/...nutrient pulse in #bluecarbon stocks and #microbial communities from #coastal #wetlands. https://www.sciencedirect.com//arti/pii/S0025326X21000588 HSBC Earthwatch Australia Deakin University Australian Citizen Science Association

07.01.2022 What's in your backyard? https://bit.ly/bbbsd20

07.01.2022 We have a super new partnership to announce today. Earthwatch Australia has joined The ClimateClever Initiative, and we are so excited because they are totally ...on our wavelength when it comes to citizen science and community engagement! If you haven't come across Earthwatch before, they connect people with scientists worldwide, to conduct environmental research and empower them with the knowledge they need to conserve the planet. Since it was founded in 1971, Earthwatch has been taking action to address global change through a time-tested model of citizen science and community engagement. By pairing citizen science volunteers from all sectors of society with researchers around the world, Earthwatch teams have helped to safeguard critical habitats, conserve biodiversity, and promote the sustainable use of natural resources. It's really great to have you onboard Earthwatch, and we're excited about the actions and results that will emerge from this partnership. Stay tuned for details! #earthwatch #climateclever #climateaction

06.01.2022 Lyrebirds are amazing mimics the real life Mockingjay from the Hunger Games. Listen carefully to this Lyrebird call We have identified some of the birds being mimicked how many more you can name? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyb6fuvSniE

06.01.2022 #Happy40th #BushBlitz team. Here's to another 40 expeditions!

05.01.2022 Thanks for supporting us Australian Citizen Science Association!

05.01.2022 Today is the first official World Manta Day - a day to celebrate and recognise these amazing marine animals that play such an important role in the ecology of o...ur marine environment. More information on global World Manta Day activities is available at: https://www.worldmantaday.com/ The Coral Bay Research Station has been involved in research on the biology and ecology of manta rays since its establishment; we have supported numerous students, and have been supported by fellow researchers through Project Manta - The manta rays of Australia, citizen scientists (through groups like Earthwatch Australia), businesses (like Ningaloo Marine Interactions, Austral Fisheries) and funding bodies like the Australian Research Council. As mesoscale predators, Coral Bay's manta rays play an important role in maintaining the ecological balance of Ningaloo Reef, as well as supporting the Coral Bay ecotourism industry. We have so much left to learn about these amazing animals, and the Coral Bay Research Station remains at the forefront of research and lobbying activity to improve protection for manta rays.

03.01.2022 The TMAG entomology team found one of their target taxa yesterday - a velvet worm! There's so much more than meets the eye with these interesting creatures that... squirt sticky slime to capture prey, which includes termites, woodlice and small spiders. They also do this in self defence so researchers are careful not to prod them at close quarters! Tasmania is a hotspot for velvet worms. This one is an Ooperipatellus species. Simon Grove TMAG Dr Simon Grove TMAG curator of invertebrates You can find out all about velvet worms here: https://australian.museum/learn/animals/worms/velvet-worm/ Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery UNSW Science Defence Australia Earthwatch Australia BHP Parks Australia Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

03.01.2022 Attn Bass Coast schools! Contact us to attend this years virtual conference for free! [email protected] Earthwatch Australia

02.01.2022 #KTKCon2020 kicking off in one hour!

01.01.2022 Well, the Stony Head Bush Blitz expedition may be over but we'll keep bringing you images from our time there! Thank you to the very knowledgeable and hardwork...ing scientists from Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery , Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery and UNSW Science , to the Defence Australia staff for their hospitality and guidance, the Teach Live teachers for their enthusiasm and Earthwatch Australia staff for organising them, and to our caterer Charlotte for always going the extra mile Parks Australia Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment BHP

01.01.2022 Jock is our Wetlands Program manager. Well done!