News: environment

New method to detect impact of sea level rise

Emily Leyden in the field

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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Roseworthy solar project powers up

Roseworthy solar farm

The ³ÉÈË´óƬ and the South Australian Government today celebrate the opening of the $7 million Roseworthy Solar and Energy Storage project, the largest in the University’s history.

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Water market price rise myth-busting

Hume Dam (formally Hume Weir) is the main supply storage and one of the two major headwater storages for the River Murray system.

Researchers at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ have tested claims of water hoarding and speculative behaviour in Murray-Darling Basin water markets and found no evidence of hoarding, or a clear source of speculative behaviour, driving water price rises.

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Dietary guidelines incompatible with global targets

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A team of researchers, including the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, has found most dietary recommendations provided by national governments are incompatible with global health and environmental targets such as the Paris Climate Agreement, and are in need of reform.

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Esteemed biologist to chair Environment Institute

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Internationally acclaimed conservation biologist, Professor Hugh Possingham, has been appointed Chair of the Advisory Board for the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Environment Institute.ÌýProfessor Possingham is currently Chief Scientist of The Nature Conservancy, one of the world’s leading environmental organisations, and is completing his term there in the coming weeks. Professor Bob Hill, Director of the Environment Institute, says it is a major coup to appoint such a highly distinguished global conservation leader to chair its Advisory Board.
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$7 million investment to unite genomics research in SA

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Research institutes across South Australia are combining their expertise and resources to establish aÌýstate-of-the-art centre for genomics in SA.ÌýThe South Australian Genomics CentreÌýwill open its doors on 1 July 2020Ìýthanks to anÌýinvestment of more than $7 million, including $2 million from Bioplatforms AustraliaÌýthrough theÌýAustralian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.

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New funding for carbon storage in coastal ecosystems

Sampling salt marsh soil cores near St Kilda

³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers are investigating the potential for more carbon storage in our coastal ecosystems with new funding from the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board.

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Young Uni of Adelaide innovator named in Asia-Pacific Top 20

Innovators Under 35

A ³ÉÈË´óƬ researcher, whose work could help revolutionise battery technology, has been given global recognition by being chosen as an MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35.

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Rural decline not driven by water recovery

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New research from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ has shown that climate and economic factors are the main drivers of farmers leaving their properties in the Murray-Darling Basin, not reduced water for irrigation as commonly claimed.

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