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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.
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ARC Success for EnvironmentInstitute
Congratulations to our Environment Institute members who have been awarded over $2.8M across five ARC Discovery Projects and two ARC LIEF Project.
Researchers win R&D award with Goyder Institute
The Goyder Institute Partners were recently awarded the Ӱֱn Water Association’s SA Branch R&D Award for the Institute’s second term research program. This is a wonderful recognition of the quality and impact of the Institute’s research, with the award acknowledging its significant contribution to a sustainable and prosperous water future for South Ӱֱ and Ӱֱ.
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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 SAScience Excellence and Innovations Awards 2021.
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Tall Poppy winners announced for 2021
Five Ӱֱ of Adelaide researchers have won 2021 South Ӱֱn Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.
The race to stop illegal trading of Ӱֱn lizards
Ӱֱn reptiles face serious conservation threats from illegal poaching fuelled by international demand and the exotic pet trade.
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Our experts refute River Murray estuary claims
A team of scientists, led by the Ӱֱ of Adelaide’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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Research featured in 'Science' finds climate change key factor in rivers running dry
While climate change’s impact on water volumes and flooding and drought is widely recognised, this is the first research to examine the changes inriver flow globally using direct measurements of stream flow.
Environment Institute members shine with multiple ARC Discovery Projects funded for 2021
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