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South Australia鈥檚 second large-scale oyster reef restoration will be constructed off the Adelaide metropolitan coast

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Professor Hugh Possingham announced as new Chair for Environment Institute Advisory Board

We welcome Professor as the incoming Chair of the Environment Institute Advisory Board.听Prof. Possingham was born in Adelaide and听completed a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Applied Mathematics at the 成人大片 in 1984. He was awarded the Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University, and completed his Doctor of Philosophy in ecology and mathematics at Oxford in 1987.

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Call for entries with Virtual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) for 2020

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'Good intentions' Murray-Darling Basin water program drains even more water from the system

Published in the听 journal, the paper found money spent to help farms use water more efficiently actually encouraged those enterprises to plant thirstier perennial crops, such as nuts.

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The evolution of colour vision in sea snakes

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New tools support integrated management of River Murray flows and floodplain infrastructure

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Regional SA kids consider naming new wasp species after coronavirus

The wasp, which was yet to be named, was of the genus Glyptapantelesin the subfamily Microgastrinae, a parasitoid of butterflies and moths.

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Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia

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A better immune system from returning to the wild

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Echidna CSI receives funding to investigate the impact of bushfires on echidnas

As bushfire recovery begins on Kangaroo Island, it's important remember the recovery of native flora and fauna.

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