Marine risks from Murray floodwater
Extended drought and warm weather are damaging South Australia’s marine ecosystems, and periodic flooding of the River Murray poses another major risk. A significant flood in […]
Satellite technology helps coastal data collection
Flinders University coastal experts are now finding more cost-efficient ways to capture crucial seascape elevation data (bathymetry), through current research projects that are monitoring environmental change […]
Coastal study supports beach planning
A new study has given key insights into South Australia’s coastal management by examining how Cape Dombey’s rocky headland in Robe on the state’s Limestone Coast […]
Coastal dunes on the march
Coastal transgressive dunefields are on the march in South Australia – retreating inland from an angry ocean at an alarming rate. Yet while this occurs in […]
More extreme weather on the horizon
As temperature records tumble, and the threat of bushfires and dry conditions looms large, an international study by Flinders University and Argentinian researchers renews the urgency of calls […]
New lead on Great Barrier Reef’s origin
Researchers have discovered that K’gari (Fraser Island) and the nearby Cooloola Sand Mass in southeastern Queensland formed 1.2 and 0.7 million years ago and their formation […]
Rising seas force dune and beach movement
Evidence of the impact of rising sea level has been found in beach and sand dune movement along the Dutch coastline – indicating that the effect […]
Experts refute River Murray estuary claims
A team of scientists has confirmed that the lower River Murray was not an estuary in the mid-Holocene period (more than 7000 years ago) – reinforcing […]
Kick out rabbits to conserve Coorong dunes, scientists warn
Rabbits have been identified as the culprit behind historical damage to the vast dune system that flanks South Australia’s Coorong. A long-term study by Flinders University […]