/environment/ en /environment/news/list/2024/06/06/2024-sa-environment-awards-success Yesterday, on World Environment Day, we celebrated the 2024 SA Environment Award finalists and winners. The evening was a fantastic celebration of environmental champions across the state, emceed by the charismatic Tiahni Adamson.  June 06 2024 Leah Panakera-Thorpe /environment/news/list/2024/06/06/2024-sa-environment-awards-success /environment/news/list/2024/05/01/early-career-marine-ecologist-wins-southwood-prize Congratulations to Environment Institute Future Making Fellow, Dr Dominic McAfee, on winning the 2023 Journal of Applied Ecology Southwood Prize for the best paper by an early career researcher. May 01 2024 Belinda Gosden /environment/news/list/2024/05/01/early-career-marine-ecologist-wins-southwood-prize /environment/news/list/2023/10/05/nature-festival-our-marine-home-what-is-the-state-of-our-ocean-home-and-how The Environment Institute was excited to welcome a cohort of passionate community members and practitioners to the first of its Nature Festival 2023 events titled “Our Marine Home - What is the state of our ocean home, and how can we support it?”.  October 05 2023 Leah Panakera-Thorpe /environment/news/list/2023/10/05/nature-festival-our-marine-home-what-is-the-state-of-our-ocean-home-and-how /environment/news/list/2023/08/02/video-research-tuesdays-lecture-series-reefs-awakened Over the past two centuries, oyster reefs that were once active and effective underwater metropolises crucial to our marine ecosystems, have become almost abandoned in Australia with over 99% of these reefs completely degraded. August 02 2023 Belinda Gosden /environment/news/list/2023/08/02/video-research-tuesdays-lecture-series-reefs-awakened /environment/news/list/2023/07/05/event-research-tuesdays-reefs-awakened July 05 2023 Belinda Gosden /environment/news/list/2023/07/05/event-research-tuesdays-reefs-awakened /environment/news/list/2022/10/06/video-rewilding-the-oceans-event On the 22nd of August the Environment Institute hosted a panel of experts in "Rewilding the Oceans: combining marine biology & technology, public & policy" the story of a lost of the ecosystem and the journey to rebuild before it was too late. October 06 2022 Leah Panakera-Thorpe /environment/news/list/2022/10/06/video-rewilding-the-oceans-event /environment/news/list/2022/08/11/once-the-fish-factories-and-kidneys-of-colder-seas-australias-decimated Australia once had vast oyster and mussel reefs, which anchored marine ecosystems and provided a key food source for coastal First Nations people. But after colonisation, Europeans harvested them for their meat and shells and pushed oyster and mussel reefs almost to extinction. Because the damage was done early – and largely underwater – the destruction of these reefs was all but forgotten. August 11 2022 Belinda Gosden /environment/news/list/2022/08/11/once-the-fish-factories-and-kidneys-of-colder-seas-australias-decimated /environment/news/list/2022/08/08/event-rewilding-the-oceans-combining-marine-biology-technology-public-policy The Environment Institute is pleased to present an engaging panel discussion on rewilding our oceans for the ���˴�Ƭ's Ecoversity 2022 Sustainability Week. August 08 2022 Leah Panakera-Thorpe /environment/news/list/2022/08/08/event-rewilding-the-oceans-combining-marine-biology-technology-public-policy /environment/news/list/2022/06/08/world-ocean-day-2022-restoring-our-lost-reef-ecosystems Environment Institute marine researchers are using the natural relationships between bivalves and macroalgae to enhance the restoration of South Australia’s lost reef ecosystems. June 08 2022 Leah Panakera-Thorpe /environment/news/list/2022/06/08/world-ocean-day-2022-restoring-our-lost-reef-ecosystems /environment/news/list/2022/05/27/baby-oysters-follow-the-crackling-sound-of-snapping-shrimp Though oysters may be brainless bivalves, they can “hear” and swim towards attractive sounds of the sea. May 27 2022 Belinda Gosden /environment/news/list/2022/05/27/baby-oysters-follow-the-crackling-sound-of-snapping-shrimp