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Unregulated reptile trade in US has major influence on ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogns’ desire for illegal reptiles
The transnational smuggling of live animals poses a threat to ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s biodiversity, conservation, environmental biosecurity, animal welfare, and human health and wellbeing.
SA's top 50 influential people in the environment sector
As the nation's leader in waste management, renewable energy andÌýclimate change action, South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog's most prominent individuals in the environment sector have been named by The Advertiser.
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Researchers respond to the IPCC's report that human activity is undeniably heating the planet.
The world’s leading climate scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC, have warned that the prospect of limiting global warming to 1.5C will be out of reach within 12 years at current rates of greenhouse gas emissions.
Detecting impact of sea level rise in new technique
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide scientists have developed a new simple, inexpensive and fast method to analyse sulfur isotopes, which can be used to help investigate chemical changes in environments such as oceans, and freshwater rivers and lakes.
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EVENT: Exploring echidnas, poop and insects on Kangaroo Island
Join our researchers in echidna and insect biology, to learn all about the secret lives of these remarkable species on Kangaroo Island.
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Invertebrates as pets: The truth behind the trade
For some people, the idea of having tarantulas and scorpions living in their house is a nightmare; for others, keeping insects is a hobby and a passion.
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Averting disaster with UNHaRMED software
It’s an unsettling prognosis. Driven by climate change, population growth and economic development, natural hazards —such as the recent bushfires in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog and the US, heatwaves in Europe, and floods in Japan—will in coming years become an even bigger threat.
The race to stop illegal trading of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn lizards
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn reptiles face serious conservation threats from illegal poaching fuelled by international demand and the exotic pet trade.
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Our experts refute River Murray estuary claims
A team of scientists, led by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Associate Professor John Tibby, has confirmed that the lower River Murray was not an estuary in the mid-Holocene period (more than 7000 years ago) – reinforcing scientific evidence likely to influence important river management policy decisions.
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