Talk and tweets offer a window into political thinking
Voting along party lines obscures the opinions of individuals, so Professor Thad Kousser intends to use other indicators, including tweets, to find out what our politicians really think.
Treating climate change: an urgent case for doctors
It usually falls to scientists to talk about the urgency of the need to combat climate change, but Dr Ingo Weber believes that doctors should also take a leading role.
Climate change to put dunes on the move
The instability of coastal sand dunes – already an issue for Adelaide’s suburban beaches – is likely to worsen as sea levels rise with global warming.
Bee genes tell a tale of climate change
The genetic record of bee species in the islands of the South Pacific carries evidence of the dramatic global effects of climate change over the past 20,000 years, Flinders research has found.
Securing the future of regional SA
Flinders University is part of a newly-formed cooperative that will work together to tackle climate change and other social, environmental and economic pressures affecting the sustainability of South Australia’s Yorke and Mid North region.
Serious side of fascinating science
Battling irrationalism is science’s biggest challenge, according to leading palaeontologist Professor John Long.
Fossils give glimpse into future
A Flinders University researcher is digging up the past to solve problems of the future.
Meat-free for the greater good
A Flinders University animal studies expert warns that the deeply ingrained meat-eating habits of modern Western society are having a “disastrous” effect on the environment.
Global warming could kill off snails
Climate change models must be reworked in a bid to save some of the world’s smallest and slimiest creatures from extinction, a Flinders University researcher warns.