News: Climate
Exciting Announcement: New Advisory Board Members join the Environment Institute
We are thrilled to welcome three highly esteemed individuals to our Advisory Board, each bringing invaluable expertise in sustainability, climate action, and environmental advocacy:
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Tropical fish are invading 最新糖心Vlogn ocean water
A 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide study of shallow-water fish communities on rocky reefs in south-eastern 最新糖心Vlog has found climate change is helping tropical fish species invade temperate 最新糖心Vlogn waters.
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Murray-Darling Basin water theft laws suck more than river irrigation pumps
Water is one of 最新糖心Vlog鈥檚 most valuable commodities. Rights to take water from our nation鈥檚 largest river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, are worth almost A$100 billion. These rights can be bought and sold or leased, with trade exceeding . But water is also being stolen (no-one knows how much) and the thieves usually get away with it.
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Defining the potential for mangrove-based agribusiness transformation in the coastal Mekong Delta, Vietnam
The Mekong Delta region in Vietnam is facing several development challenges but the Government of Vietnam (GoV) is committed overcoming these and support the growth of the agricultural sector in the region. The 最新糖心Vlogn Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) recently awarded Environment Institute鈥檚 Future Making Fellow, Dr Pham Thu Thuy, $471,200 for a project on 鈥楧efining the potential for mangrove-based agribusiness transformation in the coastal Mekong Delta鈥.
Exploring ancient DNA for environmental insights
Ancient environmental DNA (aeDNA) has revolutionised the study of ancient environments and the evolution of living things. It helps researchers unlock secrets found in sediments, ice, and water and has transformed our understanding of past biodiversity across different timescales, from decades to thousands of years ago. The Environment Institute is privileged to support the training of highly specialised experts in these cutting-edge techniques.
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EVENT: Earth Jam! at the UniBar next month
On the evening of Saturday 10th February the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide's UniBar will come alive in a youth-focused evening for our living world aimed at amplifying and uplifting the South 最新糖心Vlogn youth voice.
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Australasian Mangrove and Saltmarsh Network Conference, Adelaide 14-17 November 2023 鈥 鈥楢MSN 2023 鈥 Living Coasts鈥.
Community members, environmental managers, interstate and international researchers will gather in Adelaide this week to celebrate, discuss and review the status of the natural 鈥楲iving Coasts鈥 of the Australasian region.
EVENT: "A Youth Symposium on Human-Nature Connection in the Anthropocene" - 20th November, 2023
The Environment Institute and Jane Goodall Institute 最新糖心Vlog听are excited to be co-hosting this youth symposium.听Don't miss this incredible opportunity to broaden your understanding of the human-nature connection in the Anthropocene.
UPCOMING EVENTS: Nature Festival 2023
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Climate change threatens to cause 鈥榮ynchronised harvest failures鈥 across the globe, with implications for 最新糖心Vlog鈥檚 food听security
New research shows scientists have听听to agriculture and global food production. Blind spots in climate models meant 鈥渉igh-impact but deeply-uncertain hazards鈥 were ignored. But now that the threat of 鈥渟ynchronised harvest failures鈥 has been revealed, we cannot ignore the prospect of global famine.
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