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Australian Academy of Science
@Science_Academy
We are an independent organisation of distinguished Australian scientists, championing science for the benefit of all.
May 24, 2023 • 26 tweets • 18 min read
🌟CONGRATULATIONS to our new Fellows for 2023🌟
These 20 Fellows are among the Nation’s most distinguished scientists, elected by their peers for ground-breaking research & contributions that have had clear impact. The Fellowship now stands at 601 Fellows science.org.au/newfellows2023 What follows is a list of all new Fellows elected to the Academy in 2023.

“There is no greater professional honour than being recognised by your own peers and the leaders within your own field of research for your achievements.” – Prof Chennupati Jagadish AC PresAA #FellowsAA A man of Indian descent smi...
Mar 30, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
The Academy welcomes the passing of the Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Bill, which creates safeguard mechanism credits and imposes a hard cap on emissions in Australia. #qt #auspol A coal-fired power station. This is a significant step towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Australia, but it cannot be the only solution. We must expand our toolkit to remove already released emissions from the atmosphere if Australia wants to make a meaningful contribution
Nov 12, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
“10 years from now, 2019 won’t have been unusual.”

The 6th joint @BOM_au and @CSIRO State of the Climate report has just been released.

bom.gov.au/state-of-the-c… It shows Australia is continuing to warm & experience more frequent extreme weather events such as bushfires, droughts, and marine heatwaves.
Nov 12, 2020 • 15 tweets • 11 min read
NOW LIVE: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were some of the world's first astronomers.

Explore the sky and the stars with us, @raejohnston, @AstroKirsten and Djarra Delaney. #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC2020 #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe science.org.au/news-and-event… Tonight's host is @raejohnston, the science & technology editor at @NITV.
Sep 20, 2019 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
Australia cannot afford to compromise the principles underpinning scientific research.

#auspol #auspol2019
@karenandrewsmp @BOConnorMP @AdamBandt @RichardMarlesMP

science.org.au/news-and-event… The National Research and Innovation Alliance, a body of organisations representing researchers across Australia, commit to the Principle of Universality (freedom and responsibility) of Science.
#auspol
Aug 20, 2019 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Many in community are looking for answers to the questions about the #science of #GeneticModification (GM). To help more people understand the evidence, today we are publishing a #Q&A that tackles some of the big questions. #auspol Research by the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) has found knowledge about what foods in Australia are genetically modified is generally poor. A simple google search also demonstrates just how much conflicting & inaccurate information there is out there on GM.