News: Media Release
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.
[Read more about Detecting impact of sea level rise in new technique]
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.
[Read more about Our experts refute River Murray estuary claims]
Decoding humans' survival from coronoviruses
An international team of researchers co-led by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide and the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Arizona has analysed the genomes ofÌýmore thanÌý2,500Ìýmodern humans fromÌý26 worldwide populations,Ìýto better understand how humans have adapted to historical coronavirus outbreaks.
[Read more about Decoding humans' survival from coronoviruses]
Scientists reveal Earth’s secrets in Flinders Ranges rocks
The first virtual plate reconstruction of the Earth’s last billion years of geological history is providing deeper insight into what formed our planet and made it into how it is today.
[Read more about Scientists reveal Earth’s secrets in Flinders Ranges rocks]
Latest COVID-19 detector dog research and trials underway at Adelaide Airport
Six dogs, including four ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Border Force (ABF) detector dogs, one South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Metropolitan Fire Service (SAMFS) dog and one dog from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide (gifted by the ABF), have commenced research trials at Adelaide Airport to determine the feasibility of deploying dogs to detect COVID-19.
[Read more about Latest COVID-19 detector dog research and trials underway at Adelaide Airport]
Adelaide rallies to become the world's second National Park City
A courageous bid has been launched for Adelaide to become ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog's first National Park City, as South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogns show overwhelming support for urgent action on climate change.
[Read more about Adelaide rallies to become the world's second National Park City]
Mission to discover ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog's unknown species
Insect expert Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s School of Biological Sciences, has thrown her support behind a new missionÌýlaunched by Taxonomy ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog, a new program of the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Academy of Science,ÌýtoÌýdiscover and document all unknown ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn species by 2050.
[Read more about Mission to discover ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog's unknown species]
Satellite Imaging Offers New Insights of Western Desert Ecology and Precontact Aboriginal Land Use
The ‘Western Desert’, as it is commonly known, is one of the most arid and geographically remote regions of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog.
Megaproject threaten water justice for local communities
Urban megaprojects tend to be the antithesis of good urban planning. They have a negative impact on local water systems, deprive local communities of water-related human rights, and their funders and sponsors have little accountability for their impact.
[Read more about Megaproject threaten water justice for local communities]
Newsletter & social media
Join us for a sensational mix of news, events and research at the Environment Institute. Find out aboutÌýnew initiatives andÌýshare with your friends what's happening.
ÌýÌýÌý