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Developing DNA for timber supply chain verification
Researchers at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ in partnership with and , Singapore, have been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Commonwealth Government’s Global Innovation Linkages Program to develop scientific origin verification tools for global timber supply chains.
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Tall Poppy winners announced for 2021
Five ³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers have won 2021 South Australian Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.
Echidna CSI finalist in the 2021 Eureka Prize
The ³ÉÈË´óƬ’sÌýEchidna Conservation Science Initiative (EchidnaCSI)Ìýis a finalist in the Australian Museum’s 2021 Eureka Prizes.
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Professor Alan Collins receives ARC Linkage Grant
The ³ÉÈË´óƬ has been awarded $1,965,291 in linkage grants by the Australian Research Council to undertake research that will bring benefits in the meat, hemp, mining and performing arts industries.
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Associate Professor Melissa Nursey-Bray awarded Future Fellowship
Five ³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers have collectively been awarded more than $4.5 million from the Federal Government to advance their work.
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Unregulated reptile trade in US has major influence on Australians’ desire for illegal reptiles
The transnational smuggling of live animals poses a threat to Australia’s biodiversity, conservation, environmental biosecurity, animal welfare, and human health and wellbeing.
SA's top 50 influential people in the environment sector
As the nation's leader in waste management, renewable energy andÌýclimate change action, South Australia's most prominent individuals in the environment sector have been named by The Advertiser.
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Researchers respond to the IPCC's report that human activity is undeniably heating the planet.
The world’s leading climate scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC, have warned that the prospect of limiting global warming to 1.5C will be out of reach within 12 years at current rates of greenhouse gas emissions.
Detecting impact of sea level rise in new technique
³ÉÈË´óƬ 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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EVENT: Exploring echidnas, poop and insects on Kangaroo Island
Join our researchers in echidna and insect biology, to learn all about the secret lives of these remarkable species on Kangaroo Island.
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