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New Australian laws for ‘engineering’ the ocean must balance environment protection and responsible research
The Australian Labor government has introduced a bill to regulate “marine geoengineering” – methods to combat climate change by intervening in the ocean environment. The bill would prohibit listed marine geoengineering activities without a permit. Scientists are already experimenting with ways to store more carbon in the ocean or shield vulnerable ecosystems. They include ocean fertilisation and […]
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Climate change threatens to cause ‘synchronised harvest failures’ across the globe, with implications for Australia’s food security
New research shows scientists have underestimated the climate risk to agriculture and global food production. Blind spots in climate models meant “high-impact but deeply-uncertain hazards” were ignored. But now that the threat of “synchronised harvest failures” has been revealed, we cannot ignore the prospect of global famine. Climate change models for North America and Europe had previously suggested […]
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PODCAST: Nature deprivation: the real consequences
July’s EcoFuturists podcast explores what are the real public health impacts of declines in the natural environments and green spaces. The microbiome… what is it and why is it so important? Microbes are all around us wherever we go and come in many forms. Microbiome is the ecosystem of microbes that are on and in […]
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EVENT: Research Tuesdays – Reefs Awakened
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023, 5:30 pm start. For in-person, the doors will open at 5.15 pm Location: Braggs Lecture Theatre, North Terrace Campus, University of Adelaide Cost: Free More information: Register in-person or Register for the webinar Oyster reefs across Australia—once bustling underwater metropolises and vital pillars of our marine ecosystems—are now ghost towns. In the past 200 years since colonisation, […]
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The Murray-Darling Basin shows why the ‘social cost of water’ concept won’t work
Access to safe, clean water is a basic human right. But water scarcity or barriers to access can cause conflict within and between countries. Fights over water can be expected to intensify as the world warms, evaporation increases and rainfall becomes less predictable. So we’ll need to work even harder to resolve disputes and share this precious […]
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Uncovering online sales of Australian invertebrates
In the first study of its kind, researchers from the University of Adelaide have investigated the level of online trade in invertebrates in Australia and believe they have only uncovered the tip of the iceberg. “In a one-year period we found 264 different species of terrestrial invertebrates that were for sale online in Australia,” said […]
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What are ecosystem services and what do they mean for physiotherapy?
The environment has long been recognised as a determinant of health (Dahlgren & Whitehead, 2021). While determinants of health may be protective, health promoting or risk factors (Dahlgren & Whitehead, 2021), the narrative regarding the relationship between the environment and human health has largely focused on risk factors, like air, water, light and noise pollution. […]
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Public Lecture: Environmental, nature and wildlife crimes and the role of international law
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Location: Braggs Lecture Theatre, North Terrace Campus Cost: Free More information: Register Lecture by Mr John E Scanlon AO. Q&A panel session with Professor Andrew Lowe, Interim Director, Environment Institute, Dr Phillipa McCormack, Co-Director, ENREL, and Dr Adam Toomes, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences. About John Scanlon […]
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Recycling marine plastics to save wildlife
Protecting turtles from marine debris strewn across the Northern Territory coastline and recycling plastic pollution is the focus of a new University of Adelaide-led project. Toys for Turtles is an education program, designed in collaboration with the Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation, that will engage with schools and the Northeast Arnhem Land community to find solutions for […]
Here for Good
The University is committed to a sustainable future, and has ambitions to lead and deliver positive and sustainable change for good. Solving known and evolving problems of today, and preparing our emerging leaders for tomorrow, is our strength. The previous Campus Sustainability Plan (2016-2020) outlined the University’s first coordinated suite of strategies to reduce carbon […]
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