News: Climate Change

Urgent Action Needed to Protect ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s Freshwater Fish Species from Extinction

Freshwater sawfish

A groundbreaking study has revealed that 35 freshwater fish species across ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog are at risk of extinction, including the Kangaroo River perch, which hasn’t been seen in the wild for over 26 years.

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The Cycle of Influence, Laws and Nature

Prof Andrew Lowe with Dr Phillipa McCormack and Dr Kerryn Brent

What is the Law's role, locally and internationally, in implementing good practises and emerging technologies to remedy declining biodiversity and a changing climate? Are legal systems too cumbersome to act with the urgency demanded by academia, community and industry?

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The extreme floods which devastated Spain are hitting more often. Is ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog ready for the next one?

Floods in Spain

The ’s Professor has co-authored an article in The Conversation that reveals some startling figures about the risk of extreme flooding in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog.

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Exciting news for climate adaptation in the Murray-Darling Basin!

The Murray River, in the Millewa Forest. Photo by Geoff Adams

Two northern Victorian Catchment Management Authorities are embarking on a groundbreaking study to assess climate change risks to water resources, supported by over $3 million in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Government funding through the CRC program.

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Addressing water allocation challenges amid climate change

Water being filled into a container, top view, with two hands holding container

Recent research from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide, led by Associate Professor Douglas Bardsley, underscores the urgent need to address the politicisation of water allocations as climate change impacts intensify. According to CSIRO climate models, the Murray-Darling Basin faces potential reductions in rainfall and runoff by mid-century, with predictions suggesting up to a 40% reduction in runoff under extreme scenarios.Ìý

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2024 SA Climate Leaders Awards

2024 SA Climate Leaders Awards

Congratulations Kate Delaporte, Stefan Caddy-Retalic, Eleanor Dormontt and team at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide's Waite Arboretum for being awarded winners of the Research and Education category of the 2024 SA Climate Leaders awards.

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Defining the potential for mangrove-based agribusiness transformation in the coastal Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Project kick off meeting

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 ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) recently awarded Environment Institute’s Future Making Fellow, Dr Pham Thu Thuy, $471,200 for a project on ‘Defining the potential for mangrove-based agribusiness transformation in the coastal Mekong Delta’.

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A Periodic Table of Food for better health globally

Food for better health globally

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers are contributing to a global effort to quantify the makeup of the world’s food supply, enabling data-driven solutions to human and planetary health challenges such as biodiversity loss, climate change and malnutrition.

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EVENT: Earth Jam! at the UniBar next month

Earth Jam!

On the evening of Saturday 10th February the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide's UniBar will come alive in a youth-focused evening for our living world aimed at amplifying and uplifting the South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn youth voice.

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