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Freshwater Turtles of the Kimberley

Dear Earthwatcher,

 

If you've ever thought about doing more to protect Australia's koalas, then now's your chance.

 

The last Koala Ecology team on St Bees Island, QLD is running this October and Dr Alistair Melzer needs your help. Working in a pristine location, your job will be to hike around the island and track radio-collared koalas in order to find clues to their health and population status.

 

There are other ways to support Earthwatch too, and we've compiled a list of fundraising events around Australia which will get your heart racing. Your support is invaluable to Earthwatch and we are grateful for every step taken along the way.

 

So please consider fundraising for Earthwatch or joining a project. Our scientists need your help to understand and protect our environment.

 

Best wishes,

Kayla Larson, Editor

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Tropical fishMeet Professor David Booth
Register your place at the next Meet the Scientist lecture and learn how climate change is effecting juvenile tropical fish along Australia's east-coast.

Earthwatch volunteers, apply now!

Nominations are now open for the 2009 Earthwatch Volunteer of the Year Award. If you've been on an Earthwatch expedition this year, or know someone who has, then we want hear from you! Download the application form here.
Climate Change in the Rainforest

Climate Change in the Rainforest...(find out what it's really like)

Our job was to sample the abundance of birds, reptiles, mammals, frogs, plants and insects up little used mountain tracks....Little did I know I was embarking on an experience of a lifetime.

Find out how Deakin student, Peter O'Toole, used Winkler bags and leaf litter stomping techniques to collect climate change data in Queensland's Wet Tropics.
Upside-down jelly

Photo credits (from top): Elanor Schroder, Peter Houghton, James Kramer, Earthwatch, Steve Williams & Sean Chung.

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