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Catalyst: Weedy Seadragons
10 Sep 2009
The program details a research project about one of the most visually striking animals in the sea, the Weedy Seadragon. It lives in the waters off southern Australia and very little is known about it. The program describes how this long term project is being carried out, why it is important and...
National Curriculum Year 7
Trawl Team
20 May 2010
Reporter Mark Horstman follows the research expedition of a team of scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division to the Southern Ocean to discover the mysterious benthic [sea floor living] creatures that live under up to two kilometres of water. Information is provided about the technology...
National Curriculum Year 8
Sea Urchins
24 Sep 2009
The program reports on the devastation of the Tasmanian fishing industry by the NSW long spine sea urchin. It looks at why this has happened and a scientific approach designed to stop this invasion of sea urchins.
National Curriculum Year 8
Eureka People's Choice Awards Finalists
09 Jul 2009
The program interviews and briefly describes the research of 3 finalists for the 2009 Eureka People's Choice Awards. Dr Amanda Barnard is a physicist from CSIRO materials Science and Engineering Victoria. Her discovery unlocks the potential to use tiny diamonds (nanodiamonds) for medical...
National Curriculum Year 10
Eco-Farming
02 Jul 2009
The program shows how the development of a computer land-management tool, the Catchment Management Framework (CMF), now allows natural resource managers to access all of the science that's been accumulated over the last 100 years. Soil scientists, plant scientists, ecologists and hydrologists have...
National Curriculum Year 10
Dugongs
17 Sep 2009
The program is about dugongs, a protected marine animal that is still threaten with extinction, and the research scientists from the University of Queensland are carrying out into their behaviour and breeding patterns in an effort to ensure their future. The scientists are pioneering a new way of...
National Curriculum Year 7
Dr Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
27 Aug 2009
The program catches up with the winner of the 1999 Eureka Prize for Scientific Research, Dr Ove Hoegh-Guldberg. More than 10 years ago, he proposed that just a 1 or 2 degree rise in sea temperature would be enough to wipe out the Barrier Reef. At the time he was howled down by many in the...
National Curriculum Year 10
Devil In The Detail
18 Jun 2009
Tasmanian Devils are threatened with extinction. They are afflicted by a unique type of contagious cancer that's never been seen in nature before. Unless the spread of the cancer can be stopped, they could be wiped out with devastating effect to Tasmania's ecosystems. New research from human cancer...
National Curriculum Year 10
Big Prawns
06 May 2010
The program provides information about the genetic manipulation of Tiger prawns though a selective breeding program. Using genetic fingerprinting and some clever marine aquaculture techniques, scientists at CSIR0 have domesticated the Black Tiger prawn and improved stocks.
National Curriculum Year 10
Catalyst: Western Waves
25 Mar 2010
The program details a research project carried out by scientists from the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Centre in Perth WA. It describes how waves play a role in sustaining marine life, by driving currents that carry nutrients and food.
National Curriculum Year 8
