News: School of Biological Sciences

Dr Alice Jones appointed lecturer in Resilience Ecology

We are delighted to announce Environment Institute member Dr Alice Jones, has been appointed to the position of lecturer in Resilience Ecology.

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Heading towards an improved marine aquaculture sector

It鈥檚 one of the world鈥檚 fastest growing food industries and, with the introduction of some new strategies investigated by researchers at the 成人大片 and听The Nature Conservancy, could soon be one of its greenest.

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Citizens help unlock the secret lives of echidnas

Researchers at the 成人大片鈥檚 Environment Institute and members of the general public have recorded the largest number of echidna sightings across Australia to aid in the conservation of the iconic mammal.

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How older Australians can beat the heat at home

Researchers at the 成人大片 have developed a guide for older South Australians to help them to keep the temperature in their homes comfortable during summer and winter.

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ARC Success for Environment听Institute

Congratulations to our Environment Institute members who have been awarded over $2.8M across five ARC Discovery Projects and two ARC LIEF Project.

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Ocean acidification and warming disrupts fish shoals

Researchers from the 成人大片 have found that the way fish interact in groups is being upset by ocean acidification and global warming.

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New, budget-friendly method detects lime in soil

成人大片 scientists have developed a new simple, inexpensive and fast method to detect and measure very low concentrations of agricultural lime in soils, which is generally a time consuming and difficult exercise.

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Researchers win R&D award with Goyder Institute

The Goyder Institute Partners were recently awarded the Australian Water Association鈥檚 SA Branch R&D Award for the Institute鈥檚 second term research program. This is a wonderful recognition of the quality and impact of the Institute鈥檚 research, with the award acknowledging its significant contribution to a sustainable and prosperous water future for South Australia and Australia.

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Echidna CSI wins at the SA Science Excellence and Innovations Awards

We are delighted to have had four Environment Institute members/teams as finalists at the SA听Science Excellence and Innovations Awards 2021.

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