Loren Pollitt

Plant enthusiast with a love for leaves and their midribs. PhD student @MQBiology | determining vegetation groundwater use

[Loren Pollitt @Lorenpollitt]

#AGC2022 Thanks for having me 😁

[Loren Pollitt @Lorenpollitt]

@ScientistSinger Congratulations Sophie!!!

[Macquarie University @Macquarie_Uni]

The Australian white ibis, the native bird city-dwellers love to hate plays an important ecological role in our inland river systems: https://t.co/akS2fuEcKo

#LighthouseNewsflash #Australia #AustralianBirds @AdamStow12

[Loren Pollitt @Lorenpollitt]

Working hard or hardly working 🤔

[Tess Nelson @TessNelson22]

#fieldwork at its best with @Lorenpollitt. Assessing groundwater ecosystems in the MDB. #stygofauna #phdchat #phdlife @MQBiology

[Tess Nelson @TessNelson22]

A fine of only $1500 for groundwater extraction above quota by up to 3000ML! Who set this piss weak fine? This should be a criminal offence not a slap on the wrist for big companies.
One-tenth of groundwater users in breach of licences, investigation finds https://t.co/QG59xDHkck

[Loren Pollitt @Lorenpollitt]

When seeing your study species makes you break out into a happy tree dance. My research uses eDNA to try to determine if these beautiful big eucalyptus trees are accessing and using the groundwater. #MQHDRContest @MQBiology

[Australian Academy of Science @Science_Academy]

"Antibiotic resistant superbugs are one of the biggest threats to global health."

With the view of developing new strategies to defeat them, Prof Ian Paulsen FAA @PaulsenLab studies how these 'superbugs' come by their drug resistance. #FellowsAA @Macquarie_Uni @MQMolSci

[Science and Engineering @ MQU @MQSciEng]

“This fire season has been with just one degree of warming. Just imagine three times – what that means. That’s what we’re talking about,” says @MQBiology's Prof Lesley Hughes in @thenewdailyau. #AustraliaBurning https://t.co/CxVYghKUF9

[Michelle Leishman @MLeishman1]

Phew! RFS firefighters, NPWS save famous Wollemi pines from Gospers Mountain fire in secret mission https://t.co/wc4gYpn8iT

[Botanic Gardens of Sydney @BotanicSydney]

"Plant blindness refers to the inability to see or notice plants in one’s own environment. The basis of this is that there is a fundamental inability of humans to recognize the contribution of plants to a functioning planet..." Read more by @BrettSumm https://t.co/OWdll35aiU

[Michelle Leishman @MLeishman1]

Australia spends billions planting trees – then wipes out carbon gains by bulldozing them https://t.co/8ZMIZSLbGo

[Prof. Belinda Medlyn @b_medlyn]

#oneforjournalclub

[Macquarie University School of Natural Sciences @mqnatsci]

@ecolo_gist featured on SBS News discussing how "Nearly half of Australia's native plants are under threat from climate change" @MQBiology @MQSciEng @Macquarie_Uni
#ClimateChange #Australia
https://t.co/tTwUc8tbdm via @SBSNews

[Michelle Leishman @MLeishman1]

Could rooftop gardens save our cities from climate change? https://t.co/sDOLy8lwfg via @abcnews

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

Human-driven land clearing and climate change are sending plants extinct at a rapid rate, risking a devastating biodiversity crash.

https://t.co/mFMV5ifIzG

[NationalScienceWeek @Aus_ScienceWeek]

A huge and heartfelt thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of National Science Week 2019. It wouldn’t happen without the significant contribution of amazing volunteers. 🙏
Read more in today’s blog:
https://t.co/S7iSGrRkJy

[木lessandro Ossola @lessandrOssola]

July 2019 was the hottest month in the recent earth history #ClimateChange #heatwave #adaptation #publichealth
https://t.co/lyErOvTHbZ

[BioCap Corporation @BioCapCorp]

#BioCapCorp alumni using their communication skills and sharing science with the public at the @MQSciEng and @MQBiology activity zone as part of @Macquarie_Uni #OpenDay2019

[Alice Howie @alice_howie36]

A weekend of #sciencecommunication! Macquarie University Open day and a fun-fueled science day at the Royal Botanic Gardens 🍃🙎‍♀️🌻🌿🐝🌱🐞
@MQSciEng @MQBiology @RBGSydney @Aus_ScienceWeek

[WhichPlantWhere @WhichPlant]

Our cities need more trees, but some commonly planted ones won't survive climate change https://t.co/0DGPQ8HuXk via @ConversationEDU