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  • Invest in research, says visiting Chief Scientist
    Visiting Flinders yesterday, Australia’s Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb, said that Australia needs to make a strong commitment to research investment if it “wants to stay in the game”.
  • Saving endangered scavengers
    In sharp contrast to the seed-eating songbirds he studied for his PhD, Flinders graduate Toby Galligan is now on a mission to save birds that live off the bodies of the dead.
  • Sea lions fuel ocean life
    Like whales, sea lions are contributing to marine ecosystems in the most fundamental way possible, research by a Flinders graduate has found.
  • Measuring vulnerability of seawater intrusion
    Flinders University researchers have developed a method for predicting how much seawater will intrude into underground water storage systems.
  • Penguins enrol in biology
    The $8 million Biology Discovery Centre under construction at Flinders is to have its own population of penguins.
  • Lessons in groundwater and mining
    Dealing with groundwater at mine sites is the focus of a new course being run by the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training.
  • Conflict between humans and wildlife up close
    Dr Melissa Pettigrew has spent nine months in China working to save the Siberian tiger from human impacts.
  • Testing times for groundwater
    In South Australia’s arid landscape, rivers, creeks and streams are vital sources of groundwater.
  • Groundwater expertise for Laos
    Visiting water scientists from Laos have added to their expertise by undertaking an Australian Groundwater School short course.
  • Tracing arsenic threat to groundwater
    Ilka Wallis, a PhD candidate in Flinders University’s School of the Environment, is investigating how arsenic may leach into underground water.