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Monthly Archives: May 2017
Media Release: Food sector to benefit from innovation push
The University of Adelaide has announced a new focus on helping grow the food sector with the appointment of its inaugural Director of Food Innovation. Professor Andrew Lowe will help develop partnerships with industry and government and act as the key interface with partners across the area of food innovation, to help maximise benefits to […]
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Professor Andrew Lowe is announced as Director of Food Innovation
The Autumn edition of the Alumni magazine Lumen features Environment Institute member Professor Andrew Lowe in his new position of Director of Food Innovation at the University of Adelaide. The creation of this position builds on the experience and expertise at the University of Adelaide, building on the FOODplus Research Centre based at the Waite campus with 260 […]
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Guest Post: 150 Years Not a Lizard
This month marks 150 years since the iconic New Zealand tuatara was recognised to be the only living member of a distinct reptile lineage entirely separate from lizards and snakes. Albert Günther, a zoologist was the first to recognise that the tuatara could not be grouped under the classification of “lizard”. His detailed anatomical description […]
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ARC Future Fellow Dr Frank Reith is Gold on Radio
Environment Institute member, ARC Future Fellow Dr Frank Reith has been busy with interviews on National radio lately. Dr Reith has been interviewed on Radio Adelaide speaking about ways to process the gold that currently goes to waste from electronics and the mining sector. He continued his National tour of ABC Radio, with his next […]
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Media Release: Lost forests may help balance global carbon budget
An international team of scientists including from the University of Adelaide have discovered 467 million hectares of previously unreported forest – an area equivalent to 60% of the size of Australia, and increasing current estimates of global forest cover by 10%. Published today in Science, the scientists say that not only will the new finding […]
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New forest discovered which is 60% the landmass of Australia
An international team of scientists including Environment Institute Members have discovered previously unreported forest, published in Science today. Associate Professor Ben Sparrow, Postdoc Research Fellow Dr Greg Guerin and Professor Andrew Lowe were involved in the discovery of drylands forest which covers 467 million hectares. To put this in perspective, this new forest discover is […]
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Can we tell fish environment from their earbones?
New research in to Reef Perch fish earbones led by Dr Gretchen Grammar from the Southern Seas Laboratory, with contributions from Christopher Izzo and Bronwyn Gillanders. The new study published in Ecological Monographs investigates whether the elements found in the hard structural components of fish an tell us about the fish’s environment. This paper was produced in collaboration […]
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Seminar: Measuring the benefits of ecosystem Management: better policy and better decisions
Dr Neville Crossman, from the School of Biological Sciences and for the Department of Ecology & Environmental Science Seminar Series, will be presenting examples of his work integrating science and expertise from the biophysical and socio-economic sciences to quantify and value the benefits from conservation and restoration of land and water resources. Title: Measuring the benefits of ecosystem Management: […]
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Welcome to new University Research Fellow!
The Environment Institute welcomes a new University of Adelaide Beacon Research Fellow Dr Emma Sherratt. Dr Emma Sherratt joins the lab of ARC Future Fellow Dr Kate Sanders. Dr Emma Sherratt specialises in studying the shape of organisms using x-ray CT scans. She has previously worked on scallops, rabbits, mice and will be working on […]
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LISTEN: Radio Adelaide Interview about how Climate Change is collapsing food webs
Environment Institute members Professor Sean Connell, Associate Professor Ivan Nagelkerken, and PhD candidate Silvan Goldenberg spoke to Radio Adelaide recently. They discussed their recently published work on how climate change could possible destabilise our coastal food webs, and what we can do to help. Listen to their full interview Radio Adelaide’s website, or read their […]
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