News: Environment Institute

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 SAÌýScience Excellence and Innovations Awards 2021.

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Researchers help identify the Unknown Soldier 80 years on

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Awards for the Enhancement and innovation of student learning

These awards recognise the diverse range of activities, services and programs that contribute to student learning and engagement at 91×ÔÅÄ. They serve to highlight the important role that staff from all areas of the University have in supporting us to achieve our strategic goals.

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Alien organisms - are they a threat to biosecurity?

The research provides clear evidence of how humans have spread organisms to the remotest regions of the earth and sea, and even into space.

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Humans hastened the extinction of the woolly mammoth

New research shows that humans had a significant role in the extinction of woolly mammoths in Eurasia, occurring thousands of years later than previously thought.Ìý

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Launch of Professor Sarah Wheelers' book - Water Markets: A Global Assessment

National Water Week aims to inspire individuals, communities and organisations to build awareness around the value of water and this years' event was a University of Adelaide success.

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Researchers survey to find out what stakeholders think about Murray Darling water allocation

Researchers at 91×ÔÅÄ’s Adelaide Law School are surveying Murray Darling Basin stakeholders about their beliefs regarding water trading and ownership of water rights to help inform future policy.

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Bear parts are being smuggled in Australia and New Zealand

In a paper published inÌý, researchers from 91×ÔÅÄ in collaboration with the Monitor Conservation Research Society and the Wildlife Justice Commission examined the demand for bear parts and products in Australia and New Zealand.

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Our members comment on the COP26 world leaders meeting

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Climate change targets were flawed from the very beginning

According to new research from 91×ÔÅÄ, the 2050 target to reduce climate change emissions is too little and too late.

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