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Awards for the Enhancement and innovation of student learning
These awards recognise the diverse range of activities, services and programs that contribute to student learning and engagement at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide. They serve to highlight the important role that staff from all areas of the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog have in supporting us to achieve our strategic goals.
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Alien organisms - are they a threat to biosecurity?
The research provides clear evidence of how humans have spread organisms to the remotest regions of the earth and sea, and even into space.
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Dr Dominic McAfee receives ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog Award for Outstanding Achievement
Dr Dominic McAfee has been recognised not only for his significance contribution to the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog, but also for how he exemplifies the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide values.
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Humans hastened the extinction of the woolly mammoth
New research shows that humans had a significant role in the extinction of woolly mammoths in Eurasia, occurring thousands of years later than previously thought.Ìý
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Launch of Professor Sarah Wheelers' book - Water Markets: A Global Assessment
National Water Week aims to inspire individuals, communities and organisations to build awareness around the value of water and this years' event was a ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide success.
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Researchers survey to find out what stakeholders think about Murray Darling water allocation
Researchers at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Adelaide Law School are surveying Murray Darling Basin stakeholders about their beliefs regarding water trading and ownership of water rights to help inform future policy.
Bear parts are being smuggled in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog and New Zealand
In a paper published inÌý, researchers from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide in collaboration with the Monitor Conservation Research Society and the Wildlife Justice Commission examined the demand for bear parts and products in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog and New Zealand.
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Climate change targets were flawed from the very beginning
According to new research from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide, the 2050 target to reduce climate change emissions is too little and too late.
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Research suggests reliance on modern irrigation technologies is a 'zombie' theory
A team of scientists, including experts from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide, suggest that reliance on modern irrigation technologies as a water-use efficiency strategy is a ‘zombie idea’ – one that persists no matter how much evidence is thrown against it.
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