Shifting sands yield clues to future coastal management
Sand dunes provide important signs about climate change – and now scientists are using them to forecast the future of coastal environments and marginal farming areas […]
Global warning on coast care
Flinders Professor Patrick Hesp will deliver the 10 Commandments of Coastal Management at an international geography conference this month. He points to unprecedented growth in global […]
Flinders environment student wins Channel 9 award
Flinders University student and environmentalist Saskia Gerhardy is among the South Australian winners of the Channel 9 Young Achiever Awards.
To-do list for sustainable future
Creating a zero-waste society through products and processes that are “benign by design” is essential to the future of humanity, Flinders University’s Professor Colin Raston says.
International student shift earns praise
A group of international students who have flourished in making the leap from secondary school to Flinders University have won this year’s International Student Transition Awards.
Genes may reveal insights into anorexia
Professor Tracey Wade and colleagues are only months from what may be an important turning point in the treatment of anorexia.
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.
Indigenous scholarship tackles groundwater skills gap
Indigenous students have the opportunity to have their entire Flinders University tuition fees paid for through a new scholarship scheme in groundwater science.
Oil leases a threat to fishery ecosystem
The issuing of oil drilling licences off the coast of South Australia poses a serious potential threat to the ecosystem that underpins the nation’s most valuable fishing industry, a Flinders University oceanographer has said.