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943 <span class="reading-list"> 944 </span> 945 946 </div> 947 948 </article> 949 <!-- /article --> 950 951 952 <!-- article --> 953 <article id="post-355951" class="category-item post-355951 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ag-society-news category-nature-wildlife category-news category-science-environment category-sky tag-apple-news tag-record-breaking"> 954 <!-- post thumbnail --> 955 <a href="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/society/ag-society-news/2024/04/solo-yachtswoman-lisa-blair-racks-up-two-big-sailing-records/" title="World-beater solo yachtswoman Lisa Blair racks up two big sailing records while taking her climate message across the ditch" class="thumbnail-container default" > 956 <img class="" decoding="async" width="" height="" src="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_3844-900x600.jpg?quality=75" data-srcset="" data-sizes="" alt=""> </a> 957 <!-- /post thumbnail --> 958 959 <div class="details"> 960 <!-- post title --> 961 <span class="cat"> 962 <a href="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/category/society/ag-society-news/">AG Society News</a> 963 </span> 964 <h2><a href="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/society/ag-society-news/2024/04/solo-yachtswoman-lisa-blair-racks-up-two-big-sailing-records/" title="World-beater solo yachtswoman Lisa Blair racks up two big sailing records while taking her climate message across the ditch">World-beater solo yachtswoman Lisa Blair racks up two big sailing records while taking her climate message across the ditch</a></h2> 965 <!-- /post title --> 966 967 <p class="excerpt">Breaking world sailing records seems to come naturally to Lisa Blair. Her beaming face and calm, but celebratory, arrivals in destination ports give little away of the perils, discomforts and sheer loneliness of the epic ocean voyages she completes.</p> 968 969 <span class="reading-list"> 970 </span> 971 972 </div> 973 974 </article> 975 <!-- /article --> 976 977 978 <!-- article --> 979 <article id="post-353711" class="category-item post-353711 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-society category-ag-society-news category-fundraising"> 980 <!-- post thumbnail --> 981 <a href="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/society/2024/02/australias-most-endangered-introducing-australian-geographic-societys-new-fundraisers/" title="‘Australiaâs Most Endangered’: Introducing Australian Geographic Society’s new fundraisers" class="thumbnail-container default" > 982 <img class="" decoding="async" width="" height="" src="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Newhaven-Bilby-Release_Aliesha-Dodson_Brad-Leue-1-900x624.jpg?quality=75" data-srcset="" data-sizes="" alt=""> </a> 983 <!-- /post thumbnail --> 984 985 <div class="details"> 986 <!-- post title --> 987 <span class="cat"> 988 <a href="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/category/society/">AG Society</a> 989 </span> 990 <h2><a href="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/society/2024/02/australias-most-endangered-introducing-australian-geographic-societys-new-fundraisers/" title="‘Australiaâs Most Endangered’: Introducing Australian Geographic Society’s new fundraisers">‘Australiaâs Most Endangered’: Introducing Australian Geographic Society’s new fundraisers</a></h2> 991 <!-- /post title --> 992 993 <p class="excerpt">We are refreshing our public fundraising campaigns, in line with our commitment to seek greater impact on natureâs most urgent concerns.</p> 994
995 <span class="reading-list"> 996 </span> 997 998 </div> 999 1000 </article> 1001 <!-- /article --> 1002 1003 1004 <!-- article --> 1005 <article id="post-352045" class="category-item post-352045 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-society category-ag-society-news category-awards"> 1006 <!-- post thumbnail --> 1007 <a href="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/society/2024/01/the-australian-geographic-society-awards-are-going-on-the-road/" title="Australian Geographic Society Awards Roadshow" class="thumbnail-container default" > 1008 <img class="" decoding="async" width="" height="" src="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AGS-roadshow-900x600.jpg?quality=75" data-srcset="" data-sizes="" alt=""> </a> 1009 <!-- /post thumbnail --> 1010 1011 <div class="details"> 1012 <!-- post title --> 1013 <span class="cat"> 1014 <a href="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/category/society/">AG Society</a> 1015 </span> 1016 <h2><a href="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/society/2024/01/the-australian-geographic-society-awards-are-going-on-the-road/" title="Australian Geographic Society Awards Roadshow">Australian Geographic Society Awards Roadshow</a></h2> 1017 <!-- /post title --> 1018 1019 <p class="excerpt">The Australian Geographic Society Awards are going on the road!</p> 1020 1021 <span class="reading-list"> 1022 </span> 1023 1024 </div> 1025 1026 </article> 1027 <!-- /article --> 1028 1029 <!-- <div class="interrupt centered"> 1030 We can also interrupt this post loop too. 1031 </div> --> 1032 1033 1034 <!-- article --> 1035 <article id="post-15337" class="category-item post-15337 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ag-society-news category-sponsorship"> 1036 <!-- post thumbnail --> 1037 <a href="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/society/sponsorship/2023/09/ag-society-sponsorship-news/" title="Sponsorship news" class="thumbnail-container default" > 1038 <img class="" decoding="async" width="" height="" src="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/unnamed-900x636.jpg?quality=75" data-srcset="" data-sizes="" alt=""> </a> 1039 <!-- /post thumbnail --> 1040 1041 <div class="details"> 1042 <!-- post title --> 1043 <span class="cat"> 1044 <a href="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/category/society/ag-society-news/">AG Society News</a> 1045 </span> 1046 <h2><a href="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/society/sponsorship/2023/09/ag-society-sponsorship-news/" title="Sponsorship news">Sponsorship news</a></h2> 1047 <!-- /post title --> 1048 1049 <p class="excerpt">The November 2023 round of Australian Geographic Society funding has been suspended.</p> 1050 1051 <span class="reading-list"> 1052 </span> 1053 1054 </div> 1055 1056 </article> 1057 <!-- /article --> 1058 1059 1060 <!-- article --> 1061 <article id="post-345568" class="category-item post-345568 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-society category-ag-society-news category-fundraising tag-aussie-ark"> 1062 <!-- post thumbnail --> 1063 <a href="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/society/fundraising/2023/09/brighter-future-for-squirrel-gliders/" title="Brighter future for squirrel gliders" class="thumbnail-container default" > 1064 <img class="" decoding="async" width="" height="" src="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2P9A1868-900x600.jpg?quality=75" data-srcset="" data-sizes="" alt=""> </a> 1065 <!-- /post thumbnail --> 1066 1067 <div class="details"> 1068 <!-- post title -->
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1354<script> 1355 (function() { 1356 'use strict'; 1357 1358 var initializedAds = new WeakSet(); 1359 var adObserver = null; 1360 1361 // ---- Collapse unfilled ad bands (edge-2026-band--ad) ---- 1362 // GAM/GPT's slotRenderEnded is the only authoritative "this slot failed to 1363 // fill" signal â CSS :has() against the async inline iframe height is 1364 // unreliable, and polling iframe height risks a flicker while a slot that 1365 // WILL fill is still loading. slotRenderEnded fires exactly once per slot 1366 // render with event.isEmpty, so we only ever collapse a genuinely empty slot. 1367 // 1368 // Must be registered before enableServices()/display() are called, or GPT 1369 // won't fire it for slots that render in the same tick â so this listener 1370 // is added in the FIRST googletag.cmd.push below, ahead of the final 1371 // cmd.push that calls enableServices()/observeAds(). 1372 var BREAKPOINT_QUERY = '(max-width: 800px)'; 1373 // matches header.php's inline ag-desktop-only/ag-mobile-only breakpoint. 1374 var mobileMedia = window.matchMedia(BREAKPOINT_QUERY); 1375 1376 // Per-band empty state for each breakpoint slot, keyed by the band element. 1377 var bandState = new Map(); 1378 1379 function getAdBand(el) { 1380 return el ? el.closest('.edge-2026-band--ad') : null; 1381 } 1382 1383 function updateBandCollapse(band) { 1384 if (!band) return; 1385 var state = bandState.get(band); 1386 if (!state) return; 1387 1388 var isMobile = mobileMedia.matches; 1389 var visibleEmpty = isMobile ? state.mobileEmpty : state.desktopEmpty; 1390 1391 // Only collapse once we actually have a verdict for the slot that's 1392 // shown at this breakpoint â a still-unknown (not yet rendered) slot 1393 // must not collapse the band (that would flicker/hide an ad that's 1394 // simply still loading). 1395 if (visibleEmpty === true) { 1396 band.classList.add('edge-2026-band--ad-empty'); 1397 } else { 1398 band.classList.remove('edge-2026-band--ad-empty'); 1399 } 1400 } 1401 1402 function handleSlotRenderEnded(event) { 1403 var slotId = event.slot.getSlotElementId(); 1404 var el = document.getElementById(slotId); 1405 var band = getAdBand(el); 1406 if (!band) return; 1407 1408 var isMobileSlot = el.classList.contains('ag-mobile-only'); 1409 var isDesktopSlot = el.classList.contains('ag-desktop-only'); 1410 1411 var state = bandState.get(band); 1412 if (!state) { 1413 state = { desktopEmpty: null, mobileEmpty: null }; 1414 bandState.set(band, state); 1415 } 1416 1417 if (isMobileSlot) { 1418 state.mobileEmpty = !!event.isEmpty; 1419 } else if (isDesktopSlot) { 1420 state.desktopEmpty = !!event.isEmpty; 1421 } else { 1422 // Slot has no breakpoint class (e.g. a single-slot band) â treat it 1423 // as governing both, so a lone ad band still collapses when empty. 1424 state.desktopEmpty = !!event.isEmpty; 1425 state.mobileEmpty = !!event.isEmpty; 1426 } 1427 1428 updateBandCollapse(band); 1429 } 1430 1431 // Re-evaluate every known band when the breakpoint crosses (e.g. device 1432 // rotation / responsive resize) so the collapse always matches the slot 1433 // that's actually visible now. 1434 function revalidateAllBands() { 1435 bandState.forEach(function(state, band) { 1436 updateBandCollapse(band); 1437 }); 1438 } 1439 if (mobileMedia.addEventListener) { 1440 mobileMedia.addEventListener('change', revalidateAllBands); 1441 } else if (mobileMedia.addListener) { 1442 // Safari < 14 fallback. 1443 mobileMedia.addListener(revalidateAllBands); 1444 } 1445 1446 function initAdSlot(ad) { 1447 if (initializedAds.has(ad) || ad.id) return null; 1448 1449 try { 1450 var adUnit = ad.dataset.adUnit; 1451 var size = JSON.parse(ad.dataset.size || '[]'); 1452 var targeting = JSON.parse(ad.dataset.targeting || '{}'); 1453 1454 if (!adUnit || !size.length) return null; 1455 1456 var slot = googletag.defineSlot(adUnit, size); 1457 if (!slot) return null; 1458 1459 for (var key in targeting) { 1460 if (targeting.hasOwnProperty(key)) { 1461 var val = targeting[key]; 1462 if (val != null) { 1463 slot.setTargeting(key, Array.isArray(val) ? val : String(val)); 1464 } 1465 } 1466 } 1467 slot.addService(googletag.pubads()); 1468 ad.id = slot.getSlotElementId(); 1469 initializedAds.add(ad); 1470 1471 googletag.display(slot); 1472 return slot; 1473 } catch (e) { 1474 console.error('Ad slot error:', e); 1475 return null; 1476 } 1477 } 1478 1479 function loadAdsInView(entries) { 1480 var slotsToRefresh = []; 1481 1482 googletag.cmd.push(function() {
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