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Roadmap for a better, greener, marine aquaculture sector

Oyster farm image

It’s one of the world’s fastest growing food industries and, with the introduction of some new strategies investigated by researchers at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide and The Nature Conservancy, marine aquaculture could soon be one of its greenest.

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Solving the disappearance of bears and lions with ancient DNA

Grizzly bear

An international team of researchers led by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide, suggest a change in climate is the likely cause of the mysterious disappearance of ancient lions and bears from parts of North America for a thousand years or more prior to the last Ice Age.

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×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn and UK universities to bridge the international divide and tackle global challenges together

The new agreement between the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide and the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Nottingham will bridge the distance between the two institutions

Academics in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog and the UK are joining forces as part of a major new international partnership that will see them collaborating on solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges including global food security, climate change and health.

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Ocean acidification and warming disrupts fish shoals

Caesio teres in Fiji by Nick Hobgood

Researchers from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide have found that the way fish interact in groups is being upset by ocean acidification and global warming.

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Flawed climate change targets miss the mark

Thermometer

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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Project models ammonia fertiliser supply chain impact

Decentralised fertiliser production

Two models of the supply chain of green fertiliser from producers to farms is the focus of a project by ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide students. Their models show emissions caused by the supply chain and highlight that fertiliser must be manufactured closer to where it is consumed.

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Industry lead appointed HILT CRC CEO

HILT CEO Ms Felicity Lloyd

Ms Felicity Lloyd has been appointed as the new CEO of the Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HiLT CRC).

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Bushfire blaze raises bee extinction forecasts

The golden-green carpenter bee (

The number of threatened ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn native bee species is expected to increase by nearly five-fold after the devastating Black Summer bushfires in 2019-20, according to new research.

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Experts focus on hydrogen production tech

Hydrogen production

Experts from around the world will meet to discuss the latest technology and developments in the hydrogen sphere at a virtual international forum convened by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide this week (14-16 September).

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New method to detect impact of sea level rise

Emily Leyden in the field

×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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