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A new study aims to research the possibility of linking the tourism industry and the field of environmental science in Queensland.
James Cook University PhD researcher Karmen Luzar is gathering evidence to help move towards a systemic collaboration between the two industries.
âTourism industry in Queensland is largely dependent on pristine environments and nature based tourism,â Ms Luzar said.
The tourism and environmental science sectors are both important for Queensland, with nature-based tourism being a key industry in the state.
Natural environments are constantly changing but this is not often taken into consideration by tourism offerings.
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Determined to fix outback internet
Rural Australia’s internet problems will be put under the microscope by a James Cook University PhD student who started his own business to help solve connectivity problems in the bush.
William Harrington grew up on a remote family farm in Queensland, bedevilled by slow or non-existent internet.
“The problem became so bad that I was forced to diversify the farming business by starting an internet service provider company simply to purchase more internet capacity,” said Mr Harrington.
He completed a degree in computer systems engineering at JCU and is now about to take up a Fulbright scholarship to study how the rural connectivity problem is addressed in the United States and learn about their solutions to the problem.
An epaulette shark on a beach in Port Tribulation. Credit: Wikipedia.
New research suggests warmer oceans would cause baby sharks to be born smaller and undernourished on the Great Barrier Reef.
The study – conducted by James Cook University PhD candidate Carolyn Wheeler – found epaulette sharks hatch prematurely in too-warm waters, impacting the species growth, development and physiological performance.
Ms Wheeler and her research team recently studied the species as embryos and hatchlings at JCU s ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies.
Ms Wheeler said her findings on the egg-laying species, found only on the Great Barrier Reef, flags rising ocean temperatures as a major concern for the future of all sharks.