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our agriculture industry. With reduced water
supplies and a growing population, should
Australians be letting stormwater go down the
drain?
Sponsored by the Australian Research
Council Linkage–Learned Academies Special
Projects Grant
Flying beyond our means – aviation and
the environment
With aviation emissions growing faster than
any other transport sector our impacts on the
environment are heading sky high. But research
is underway to reduce the effects of flying.
This topic is sponsored by Dr Margaret
Middleton
Interviews with Australian scientists
www.science.org.au/scientists
An increasing environmental impact is prompting ‘greener’ ways
of flying
The Academy established the Interviews with Australian scientists program in 1993 to record interviews with
outstanding Australian scientists. The scientists talk about their early life, development of interest in science,
mentors, research work and other aspects of their careers.
The interviews program continues to show consistently high levels of popularity in 2008, with an increase
in DVD orders to complement the visitors to the program’s website to view transcripts, teacher notes and
activities. During 2008, twenty interviews of Australian scientists were filmed, taking the total number of
interviews recorded to 116 (81 Fellows and 35 non-Fellows). The interviews conducted in 2008 were: Professor
Brian Anderson FAA; Professor Charles Birch FAA; Professor Ron Brown FAA; Professor David de Kretser FAA;
Dr Bruce Fraser FAA; Professor Ian Frazer FAA; Professor Joe Gani FAA; Professor Bruce Holloway FAA; Professor
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SCIENCE EDUCATION
Norman Swan interviewed Robin Warren, Fiona Wood and Barry Marshall in Perth
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