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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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Our experts refute River Murray estuary claims

A team of scientists, led by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’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.

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A new DNA database will keep log on timber origins

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Decoding humans' survival from coronoviruses

An international team of researchers co-led by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ and the University of Arizona has analysed the genomes ofÌýmore thanÌý2,500Ìýmodern humans fromÌý26 worldwide populations,Ìýto better understand how humans have adapted to historical coronavirus outbreaks.

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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.

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Latest COVID-19 detector dog research and trials underway at Adelaide Airport

Six dogs, including four Australian Border Force (ABF) detector dogs, one South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (SAMFS) dog and one dog from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ (gifted by the ABF), have commenced research trials at Adelaide Airport to determine the feasibility of deploying dogs to detect COVID-19.

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Adelaide rallies to become the world's second National Park City

A courageous bid has been launched for Adelaide to become Australia's first National Park City, as South Australians show overwhelming support for urgent action on climate change.

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Mission to discover Australia's unknown species

Insect expert Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s School of Biological Sciences, has thrown her support behind a new missionÌýlaunched by Taxonomy Australia, a new program of the Australian Academy of Science,ÌýtoÌýdiscover and document all unknown Australian species by 2050.

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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 Australia.

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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.

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