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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Goodall is the reason I became a #wildlife ecologist and then went on to study our interactions with nature. She was inspirational and a trail blazing #womaninscience.
In a world full of optics, her quiet leadership, authenticity, and compassion continue to be aspirational.
#jane #goodall

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 29d

📸 Spotted! 🐘

A baby elephant in the Elephant Species and Habitat Conservation Reserve in Da Nang, Vietnam. The second elephant born to the herd since 2020.🧪

Habitat conservation = conservation of countless species 🌍

Baby elephant discovered in Elephant Species and Habitat Conservation Area

DNO - The Elephant Species and Habitat Conservation Area under the Da Nang Special-use Forest Management Board has recently recorded the appearance of another baby elephant through a camera trap system installed in the managed forest area.

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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · 28d

However, a long day teaching meant I missed out on my Schools Annual 'Soup Day'. I work with the best people. They saved me some yummy Laksa, and someone left me yeast flakes in my office and another team member a lovely post it note while I was gone.
#episky

Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · 28d

Learnt the history of the building and some amazing pictures taken by students.
Absolutely loved my "thank you for teaching" penguin fridge magnet!

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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · 28d

Doing #science on a beautiful campus, with a wonderful team. I crossed the divide (Sullivan's Creek) to teach postgraduate #environmental science students about #climate change #adaptation for #health. The beautiful Forestry building @anufennerschool.bsky.social (1/3)

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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · Aug 26

Grace is an amazing biostatician and a wonderful colleague.

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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · Aug 25

Our Honours student looked at #spatial inequities in #environmental exposures across a #socio-economic gradient in 3 #Australian cities.
Urban planning can promote #health and well-being.
A collaborative effort with the University of Sydney

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Geospatial patterns of multiple environmental exposures and socioeconomic status in Australian cities

The urban built environment influences population health. Environmental inequity occurs when features of the built environment are unequally distribut…

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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · Aug 25

Celebrating these amazing #science communicators. From fungi to gonorrhoea and building energy storage systems, their ability to communicate complex concepts was remarkable.

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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · Jul 23

Evidence continues to show that implementation of the Montreal Protocol and its Amendments has mitigated the deleterious effects of high levels of UV radiation and global warming for both #environmental and human #health.

Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · Jul 23

Our 2024 Assessment Update as part of the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel of the United Nations Environment Programme.
We briefly discuss the large uncertainties of #climate interventions like Stratospheric Aerosol Injection.
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Environmental consequences of interacting effects of changes in stratospheric ozone, ultraviolet radiation, and climate: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2024 - Photochemical & Phot...

This Assessment Update by the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) addresses the interacting effects of changes in stratospheric ozone, sola...

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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · Jul 11

Opportunity for #youth led organisations driving global #climate solutions
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Emerging Climate Champions Award - Lever for Change

On June 26, 2025, Enlight Foundation, The Patchwork Collective, and Lever for Change announced the launch of the Emerging Climate Champions Award, a $25 million…

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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · Jun 17

Structural, foundational support will give them the security to be the creative powerhouses we need to protect our #planet and #communities

Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · Jun 17

Our young people are inspirational, and they deserve long term investments in their future.

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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · Jun 17

One message from two weeks of grant review and award selection panels culminating with the ACT roundtable on #gender, #climate, and #environmental justice (1/3)

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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · Jun 6

Cold Friday afternoons working from home with our #Science buddies, old cozy jumpers, and socks.
Zoe, Skye and the blissfully asleep Soot.
Erin's Langley- a sleepy queen, moulting around the eyes, and my nowhere near asleep, extremely chatty, officemate

Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · May 12

Zoe and Erin at #PHAA2025. Zoe's PhD is looking at #community #resilience and Erin, a senior Research Fellow presented on how AI-driven analysis can help us make sense of the high volume of social media content to support preventative #health policy and governance

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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · May 12

Rocio defended her #PhD thesis proposal. She will be modelling changes in #llanduse and #climate and their implications for disease spread

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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · May 12

We have Steph, who has been with us for 2 years as a Research Associate, and just been awarded a Westpac Scholarship to do her Masters continuing her work in the NT.

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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · May 12

Celebrating some of the best and brightest in #Science. Their collaboration, kindness and support make it an awesome team, doing brilliant work. Structural support will play an important role in building their careers (1/4)

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Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · Mar 28

Saving habitats protects entire ecosystems. Fieldwork observing monkeys led to an encounter with the now elusive tusker at the foothills of the Himalayas.
I am looking forward to inspired #intergenerational thinking on how to protect the #environment and #health at the Schools Climate Conference