The University of Adelaide hosts one of the Environment Institutes around the world. The inaugural Executive Director of the Environment Institute was Professor Mike Young. Research undertaken within the Institute delivers know-how and understanding that underpins a step change improvement in the management of natural resources such as water, soil, land and native flora and fauna, particularly under changing climate and economic conditions.
The Institute brings together leading research groups at the University of Adelaide in the fields of science, engineering and economics relating to the management and use of natural resources and infrastructure. The Institute combines the research strengths of four centres and two programs.
| Environment Institute at the University of Adelaide | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | EI |
| Motto | Where Ideas Grow |
| Formation | 2009 |
| Headquarters | Adelaide, Australia |
| Region served | International |
| Official languages | English |
| Executive Director | Mike Young |
| Budget | A$10 million (2009) |
| Staff | 250 |
| Website | http://www.adelaide.edu.au/environment |
The mission of the Environment Institute is to develop practical solutions to difficult problems by bringing together the best people from Science, Government and the wider community.
The Environment Institute was launched on the eve of world environment day - Thursday 4 June 2009.
The Environment Institute was established in 2009 and brings together a number of research centres and programs within the University of Adelaide.
The Australian Centre for Ancient DNA undertakes research on the evolution and environmental change across time through the use of preserved genetic records from human, animal, plant and sedimentary remains.
The Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity investigates the systematics of Australia's flora and fauna.
The Centre for Energy Technology develops technologies to reduce greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions from existing energy systems while refining alternative energy sources to reduce the effects of climate change.
The Water Research Centre investigates the use of water across three broad themes namely, climate change, process management and human health.
The Landscape Futures Program investigates how we can sustainably create vibrant and viable landscapes into the future through sound environmental management and monitoring.
The marine biology program investigates the role of aquatic flora and fauna in the connectivity and ecology of rivers, estuaries, gulfs and open coasts.
Professor Barry Brook is the inaugural Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change at the University of Adelaide. He writes extensively on climate change and its possible solutions.
The University of Adelaide has established a number of Research Institutes including:
McMahon, C. R., M. N. Bester, M. A. Hindell, B. W. Brook, and C. J. A. Bradshaw. 2009. Shifting trends: detecting environmentally mediated regulation in long-lived marine vertebrates using time-series data. Oecologia 159:69-82. 10.1007/s00442-008-1205-9
Lee, M. S. Y. 2009. Hidden support from unpromising data sets strongly unites snakes with anguimorph ‘lizards’. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22:1308-1316.
Traill, L. W., C. J. Bradshaw, H. E. Field, and B. Brook. 2009. Climate change enhances the potential impact of infectious disease and harvest on tropical waterfowl. Biotropica. 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00508.x
Yang, G., B. W. Brook, and C. J. A. Bradshaw. 2009. Predicting the timing and magnitude of tropical mosquito population peaks for maximizing control efficiency. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 3:e385. 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000385
Sodhi, N. S., T. M. Lee, L. P. Koh, and B. W. Brook. 2009. A meta-analysis of the impact of anthropogenic forest disturbance on Southeast Asia’s biotas. Biotropica 41:103-109. 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00460.x
Ottewell, K. M., S. C. Donnellan, A. J. Lowe, and D. C. Paton. 2009. Predicting reproductive success of insect- versus bird-pollinated scattered trees in agricultural landscapes. Biological Conservation 142:888-898.10.1016/j.biocon.2008.12.019
Anderson, B. J., H. R. Akcakaya, M. B. Araujo, D. A. Fordham, E. Martinez-Meyer, W. Thuiller, and B. W. Brook. 2009. Dynamics of range margins for metapopulations under climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 276:1415-1420. 10.1098/rspb.2008.1681
Brook, B. W. 2009. Global warming tugs at trophic interactions. Journal of Animal Ecology 78:1-3. 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01490.x
Bradshaw, C. J. A., N. S. Sodhi, and B. W. Brook. 2009. Tropical turmoil: a biodiversity tragedy in progress. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7:79-87. 10.1890/070193
Bradshaw, C. J. A., B. W. Brook, K. S. H. Peh, and N. S. Sodhi. 2009. Flooding policy makers with evidence to save forests. Ambio 38:125-126. 10.1579