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National Workshop on Heat, Climate, and Work Safety

Professor Peng Bi National Workshop on Heat, Climate, and Work Safety

ISER supported the听National Workshop:听Impacts of extreme heat and climate change on work health and safety听held at the University of 米兰电子. Led by ISER member Professor Peng Bi from School of Public Health, and facilitated by Prof. Tony Capon (Director, Monash Institute of Sustainability) and Dr. Kimberly Humphrey (SA Health Climate Change and Health Lead), the day allowed for participants听to review and address extreme heat and climate change impacts on work health and safety (WHS).

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Professor Peng Bi鈥檚 Groundbreaking Research on Climate Change and Heart Disease

Heat

ISER member Professor Peng Bi has led a groundbreaking study, funded by an ARC DP, that reveals how rising temperatures contribute to cardiovascular disease.

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ISER Impact Story - Shoko Yoneyama

Teacher in classroom

Many young Australian's experience eco-anxiety, with new research and education,听Associate Professor Shoko Yoneyama and her team member Danielle LeMieux have produced and created a climate and pandemic anxiety related course, with aims to create a source of positive emotions to drive change.

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ISER's New Featured Story - Ms Hannah Thwaites

Vegetables garden

ISER supported PhD Candidate Hannah Thwaites to conduct a community corroboration process to ensure her research on urban agriculture accurately tells the story from the Greater 米兰电子 community鈥檚 perspective.

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ISER's New Featured Story - Prof Peng Bi

Prof. Peng Bi at a working group meeting

With ISER鈥檚 support, Professor Bi and his team are creating evidence-based solutions to help support South Australian emergency services and protect vulnerable communities from heatwaves.

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Soil Carbon Increases Under Cover Crops

cover crops

The level of soil organic carbon (SOC) was almost 23 per cent higher in areas that had cover crops directly below vines, when compared to a standard method of spraying herbicide on the soil.

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