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[Eucalypt Australia - Archived @EucalyptAus]

🌿 2026 Grants Now Open! 🌿
Eucalypt Australia is funding bold eucalypt projects in science, art, education, conservation, research + more.

💰 $5K–$50K available across three funding programs
🗓️ Apply 16 Jun–12 Aug

Learn more: https://t.co/aWlLtjGANs
#LoveAGum

[Digitising the NHM @NHM_Digitise]

We have digitised 6 million specimens, including over 2.5 million insects, 1.2 million plants and 600,000 fossils. This #InternationalMuseumsDay we want to celebrate this and encourage more people to explore our collection online at https://t.co/vUQdJKQHgv

[Moonwalk Fitness 🌓👟 @moonwalkfitness]

1/ 🚨 Get Ready for Accelerate Impact 🚨

Moonwalk Fitness’ first-ever global charity initiative 🌍

Over 17,000 USDC in prizes. Thousands of steps. One purpose:

Move more. Give back. Feel good doing it.

Here’s how it works👇

[Jeremy Keeshin @jkeesh]

In 1945, six women pulled off a computing miracle.

They programmed the world’s first computer—with no manuals, no training.

Then, a SINGLE assumption erased them from tech history for decades.

The story of how ONE photo nearly deleted computing’s female founders: 🧵

[SoilsWest @SoilsWest]

Billions of organisms in every handful of soil underpin soil function &essential ecosystem services. From trading nutrients to storing carbon: 5 things you didn’t know about our underground fungi https://t.co/J9NjghLbSQ via @ConversationEDU

[Fisheries & Aquaculture @FAOfish]

Aquatic foods can nourish people & create more sustainable food systems. But how ❓

Dive into this course to explore their role in healthy diets, food security, & sustainability, from harvest to table!

👩‍💻 4 modules + final certificate. Enroll now 👉 https://t.co/wyV71KP6Wx

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

We have better maps of the Moon’s surface than we do of the bottom of the ocean.

But the SWOT satellite, designed to measure surface water and ocean topography, recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the seafloor. https://t.co/Tr0YeUCB35

[Dr Richard Kirby @PlanktonPundit]

Billions of people have never seen the beauty of the Plankton. Share to show them and to also reveal that among it now, drifts our microplastic pollution. @zeiss_micro

[Soil Science Australia @SoilScienceAust]

Australian Soils posters are now available for purchase from our online shop. Featuring detailed soil profile photographs and a map, the poster is a must-have for scientists, educators, and soil lovers alike. Order yours today. https://t.co/DXA6kPLrdL

[Australian Institute of Marine Science @aims_gov_au]

We can now automatically process and classify data about large areas of the sea floor thanks to RapidBenthos, a transformative machine-learning method developed by AIMS engineers.

More: https://t.co/MvhR9S1Pa1

The paper: https://t.co/9Ogd5nveXw

[Atlas of Living Aust @atlaslivingaust]

150 million reasons to celebrate on #WorldWildlifeDay! 🎉 Today is extra special! Not only is it World Wildlife Day, but we’re also celebrating a huge milestone: 150 MILLION records of Australia’s incredible wildlife in the Atlas of Living Australia! 🐨🌿 https://t.co/s9SxMT0vFr

[Plant Health Aust @planthealthaust]

🌿📈The latest edition of the Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook is now available. The annual Handbook offers the most comprehensive data available on more than 75 horticultural products. Check out the interactive dashboard on @Hort_au’s website https://t.co/gvU2EOa5di
#plantbiosecurity #agriculture #resources

[TropWATER @TropWATER]

The new open-source app WISDAM (Wildlife Imagery Survey – Detection and Mapping) helps researchers & community groups to process images from aerial surveys

The app was developed by researchers from @EdithCowanUni, @jcu TropWATER, @QUT, and @AusAntarctic

https://t.co/Dy1h8Snhyi

[Atlas of Living Aust @atlaslivingaust]

The Atlas of Living Australia's galah R package has been updated to allow image downloads from global atlases! 🌎

Explore some new & local species and list them directly into your downloaded dataset! 📊

🧑🏽‍💻 | https://t.co/PASIt5dFBs
💾 | https://t.co/jCvm9jrg6m

[Dr Richard Kirby @PlanktonPundit]

1) Do you love the ocean? Citizen scientists are collecting phytoplankton data in a unique study using a piece of equipment developed by the Pope's astronomer in 1865, and they're getting results. Read this thread to find out the full story and how you can join in. See 2

[Atlas of Living Aust @atlaslivingaust]

We're excited to share we've awarded five new projects an ALA Australian Biodiversity Mobilisation Program grant to enable the provision of new biodiversity data into the ALA! 📈🦗

Read more about the new data coming into the ALA here: https://t.co/3cih6cjhPW

#BiodiversityData

[IMAS @IMASUTAS]

We're excited to announce that 232 #redhandfish hatchlings are thriving at IMAS in the largest captive breeding event ever achieved for the species! And it's tripled the captive breeding population in Tasmania: https://t.co/BOliU9APYb

[AUS Data Science Network @AustralianData]

Just out - our latest "What's New in the ADSN" newsletter! It's chock full of news on our just completed ADSN Conference, plus events, job openings, and more! Give it a read 👇
https://t.co/S5rT1h0B31
@ARDC_AU @CurtinIC @sydneybioinfo @MonashDFI @DiscoverAMSI #DataScience #AI

[Atlas of Living Aust @atlaslivingaust]

Unsure where to start with data in the Atlas of Living Australia? 📊

Check out our free online resource ALA Labs! 📚👩🏼‍🔬🧪

Find tools for initial data exploration to analysis in an easy to digest, instructional format.

🔗 | https://t.co/Gsp2KXkQP8

[Rafeeque @rafeequemavoor]

Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍

@NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations!

all freely available in the public domain.

Retweet and spread the message!
https://t.co/p1bD1kxO7H