An artificial ecosystem is a man-made system of plants, animals, and people living in an area together with their surroundings. Zoo parks often create artificial ecosystems by placing animals in human-made areas similar to their natural habitat. Some examples of man- made ecosystems are aquariums (including dolphin parks), lakes (including Lake Gkula on the Sunshine Coast), gardens, agriculture, apiaries, poultry, piggeries.
Threats to Australian biodiversity
The impact of human activities on Australian wildlife
'A national disgrace': Australia's extinction crisis is unfolding in plain sight
What impacts do human activities have on habitats and wildlife
Several farming practices and technologies can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prevent climate change by
Opinion: Soil carbon sequestration is an elusive climate mitigation tool - from the National Academy of Sciences of the USA
The Knowledge Project - Soil carbon storage
American University: Fact Sheet - Soil Carbon Sequestration
Soil organic carbon and carbon sequestration in Western Australia
The Verge: Wind and solar energy is steadily replacing coal
Future Planet: The batteries that could make fossil fuels obsolete
Solar Bay: When does it make sense to combine solar panels and batteries?
The potential for renewable energy to provide baseload power in Australia
Future power: where will the world get Its next energy fix?
Why renewable energy will replace fossil fuels
Renewable energy will be world's main power source by 2040, says BP
IMPACT OF EL NINO
| Condition | Effect |
| Warmer sea temperatures | Plankton and fish kills in coastal waters |
| Lower sea levels | Exposure of underwater, fragile coral reefs |
| Higher sea levels |
Salt water intrusion into water supplies Coastal erosion and damage to shoreline and property |
| Flooding / Increased rainfall |
Contamination of drinking water systems Flooding of wastewater systems Contamination of recreational sites and estuaries |
| Droughts |
Crop failure Increase in disease due to lack of water for sanitation and hygiene Blowing dust Pollution of viable water sources Decrease in near-shore coastal water quality |
| Warmer, wetter, more humid weather |
Boom in mosquito population and subsequent increase in malaria and dengue fever Boom in termite population resulting in damage to buildings and homes |
From https://www.waterandhealth.org/newsletter/new/summer-1998/eInino.html
How will climate change change El Niño and La Niña?
What is El Niño and what might it mean for Australia?
Climate warming promises more frequent extreme El Niño events
Here's how climate change is going to affect 'super El Niño' events in the future
Great Barrier Reef Foundation: Climate change is the single greatest threat facing the Reef
Department of Environment: The Great Barrier Reef and climate change
Purpose: Reason the information exists
NOTE:
Zotero can be set to the same Harvard AGPS (Australia) style that CiteAce uses, called 'Melbourne Polytechnic - Harvard'. Please read the instructions carefully.
Any issues - see your Library Staff
Scroll down to p. 6.
CLAIM: Climate change will make cyclones worse.
RESEARCH QUESTION: To what extent has average temperature increase across the continent correlated with the frequency or severity of cyclones around Australia?
The ENTIRE collection of resources provided by the BBC Birtles Library can be searched on ONE single, powerful search platform, which retrieves print books, eBooks, database articles and websites. Click HERE for assistance.
Facts on File : Science Online
STEM Database From Proquest. IF YOU ARE OFF-CAMPUS, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN AND CLICK ON 'SHOW MORE DETAIL' WHERE YOU SHOULD INSERT THE PASSWORDS YOU HAVE BEEN SENT IN AN EMAIL FROM THE HEAD OF LIBRARY.
Highly respected Science journal. Login with email: jking@bbc.qld.edu.au. Use the little magnifying glass symbol in the top toolbar to search.
From Mrs Allen:
1. START EARLY
2. ASSIGNMENT BREAKDOWN
a. First 10% - General Reading (This is where your ideas are shaped, read 3-6 sources of VARIETY)
b. 10% - 40/50% - Active Notetaking (This is where you collect & collate evidence & info)
c. 40-50% - 80% - Organisation of Ideas (This is where you construct the structure of your essay, and allocate the number of words for each part).
d. 80% - 100% - Writing (This is where you write the assignment as streamlined as possible)
United States Geological Survey - One of the most prestigious geology websites
The world’s largest collection of open access research papers
An inclusive journal community which believes all rigorous science needs to be published and discoverable, widely disseminated and freely accessible to all
A free distribution service and an open archive for scholarly articles in the fields of science
An American website that aggregates press releases and publishes lightly edited press releases about science
Breaks down the stories behind the most interesting news and photos on the Internet.
A network of not-for-profit media outlets that publish news stories on the Internet that are written by academics and researchers
The NCBI advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information.
Regarded as a 'porthole' site, SciTech Daily offers the best intelligent, informed science and technology coverage and analysis you can find on a daily basis, sourcing a huge range of great writers and excellent research institutes.
Gateway to the best Science news sources.
A global science gateway comprised of national and international scientific databases and portals.
Google Scholar's searches are set to cover scholarly material more often than 'regular' Google. Google Scholar's searches are set to cover scholarly material more often than 'regular' Google. Read the article below on the advantages an disadvantages of using it.
TIP: To get PDFs only, type in 'filetype:pdf'. It's great!
Google Books can be very frustrating because often much of the book is missing and you are expected to purchase it to read the full content. So after you put in your search term you are interested in (eg biodiesel), and get some results up, you should then go immediately to the search box (on the left - above 'About this box') 
and type in a particular word or term you are interested in (eg CO2 emissions OR methanol) you should get a number of pages pop up. Choose one that looks useful - you should get some good results this way!
Data sets involve the integration of heterogeneous data in varying formats and from diverse communities. Four basic features can be identified as common to most definitions: grouping, content, relatedness, and purpose.
Britannica Online
