News: environment

Ocean Warming Threatens Richest Marine Biodiversity

Clownfish at home

Creatures that make their homes in tropical waters have enjoyed mostly unchanged temperatures for the past twenty thousand years. Now, new research from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide suggests that these extremely biodiverse areas will be hit the hardest by climate change-induced oceanic warming – and the wildlife is not ready to adapt.

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The foundation for cereal crops that beat the heat

Testing rice crop

A project conducted by ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide and Macquarie ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog researchers has revealed insights into how an ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn ‘wild rice’ thrives in extreme heat, opening the door for the breeding of new cereal crops that can withstand high temperatures.

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An evolutionary blast from the past

Ancient rock strata

There’s a little gap in the Earth’s history that researchers at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide are looking to unlock – the two billon years of the Earth’s middle age.

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Post plastic

Biodegradable containers, coffee cups, plates and takeaway box

The Discovery Pod | Season 2, Episode 2
Our march to sustainable living is gathering pace. With ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s environment ministers banning all single-use plastics from 2025, an explosion of eco-friendly alternatives is emerging.

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Bringing oyster reefs back from extinction

Ostrea angasi reef

Oyster reefs carpeted thousands of kilometers of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn coastline 200 years ago, but were dredged to near extinction within a century of colonial settlement. An ambitious nationwide restoration program now seeks to bring them back. In South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog, the largest reef restoration in the Southern Hemisphere, Windara Reef, was constructed in 2017 to restore the ecosystem of the native mud oyster, Ostrea angasi, off the Yorke Peninsula.

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Turning the tide for marine ecology

Turning the tide for marine ecology

An artificial shellfish reef reverses impact of poor decisions.

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