Tim Flannery

1 week ago | canberratimes.com.au | Tim Flannery

While some politicians have done nothing but stuff around on energy, others have finally stepped up: and gotten on with the job at hand. SALE ON NOW! Tap into unlimited access or signup to continue reading All articles from our website & appThe digital version of Today's PaperBreaking news alerts direct to your inboxInteractive Crosswords, Sudoku and TriviaAll articles from the other in your areaTransforming our energy system is a bit like resurfacing roads.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Tim Flannery

Australia is justly famous as a place where ancient species, long extinct elsewhere, live on. After aeons of adversity, Australia’s living fossils often survive only in protected habitats: the Wollemi, Huon and King Billy pines, the Queensland lungfish and even the Tasmanian devil (which thrived on the mainland at the same time as the Egyptians were building the pyramids) are good examples.

2 weeks ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Tim Flannery

As a scientist, I’ve watched climate change be kicked around Australia’s parliament like a political football for decades, with mounting frustration. It’s a history marked by denial, distraction and delay – and Australians are already paying dearly for the failure of former governments to take climate change seriously. When the last federal election rolled around in 2022, Australia was a global climate pariah, following nine years of negligence under Liberal–National governments.

2 months ago | einpresswire.com | Tim Flannery

Orlando, FL - Micro Medical Devices (MMD), a longstanding innovator in the field of ophthalmic diagnostic technology, is set to showcase its latest advancements at Vision Expo East 2025 in Orlando, Florida, from February 19-22. MMD will be presenting an updated version of its flagship VF2000 VR Vision Testing System, now equipped with a multilingual virtual assistant designed to enhance patient experience and streamline workflow for eye care professionals.

Nov 18, 2024 | portside.org | Tim Flannery

The Sense of an Endling Published November 18, 2024 Reviewed:The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinctionby Gísli PálssonPrinceton University Press, 291 pp., $27.95The concept of species extinction is now so quotidian that it requires no explanation, but just two hundred years ago, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, it was an entirely alien concept.