News: School of Biological Sciences
Blue is the new green
In the search for potential natural allies to help combat climate change, marine coastal vegetation sits near the top of the list.
PODCAST SERIES: The Discovery Pod with Professor Andy Lowe
The Discovery Pod talks to experts from the University of Adelaide, about solutions to society's most pressing challenges.
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Decoding humans' survival from coronoviruses
An international team of researchers co-led by the University of Adelaide and the University of Arizona has analysed the genomes of more than 2,500 modern humans from 26 worldwide populations, to better understand how humans have adapted to historical coronavirus outbreaks.
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International joint research reveals how fish adapt to ocean acidification by modifying gene expression
Human-driven global change is challenging the scientific community to understand how marine species might adapt to predicted environmental conditions in the near-future.
Article - Australia's state of degradia
With almost a third of arable land classified as degraded, what can we do to reverse the rapid pace of degradation and can we do it in a way that benefits us?
The dating lives of sea snakes
New research shows male sea snakes can locate and mate with a female mate, through touch receptors.
Mission to discover Australia's unknown species
Insect expert Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries from the University of Adelaide’s School of Biological Sciences, has thrown her support behind a new mission launched by Taxonomy Australia, a new program of the Australian Academy of Science, to discover and document all unknown Australian species by 2050.
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Satellite Imaging Offers New Insights of Western Desert Ecology and Precontact Aboriginal Land Use
The ‘Western Desert’, as it is commonly known, is one of the most arid and geographically remote regions of Australia.
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