Changing the tide: New project aims to shift attitudes around fish welfare practices
Fish are often overlooked when the term “animal welfare” is used, but a new project is working to ensure happy fins are met with the same enthusiasm as cage-free eggs or grass-fed beef.
Tree hidey-holes key to helping slow declines of small mammals
A decline of natural tree hollows is forcing arboreal mammal numbers to fall, according to a new study exploring why these species are disappearing in Northern Australia.
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RINA marks official launch
The Research Institute for Northern Agriculture (RINA) celebrated its official launch at Charles Darwin University's (CDU) Casuarina Campus on April 30, 2024. The launch was attended by approximately 50 invited stakeholders and partners, who listened to the guest speaker, the Honourable Mark Monaghan, NT Government Minister for Agribusiness and Fisheries
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Global research warns climate change is increasing groundwater temperatures
A world first global groundwater temperature model projects that shallow groundwater will warm on average by between 2.1 and 3.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.
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New project to enhance Australia-China agriculture and aquaculture
Enhancing the quality of Australian seafood and initiatives to introducing new dragon fruit cropping technologies will be among the activities and knowledge exchanged between Australian and Chinese researchers in a new project led by Charles Darwin University.
Symposium addresses maritime knowledge gaps in northern Australia
Charles Darwin University scholars and research partners gathered at Casuarina Campus last month for a symposium on fisheries, sea country, and livelihoods in northern Australia.
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Northern Territory Aquaculture Research, Development and Extension Workshop
RINA professors Sunil Kadri and Maxine Piggott spoke at the Northern Territory Aquaculture Research, Development and Extension Workshop, which took place in Darwin on 23 and 24 April. The workshop was hosted by RINA with CSIRO, the NT Government, and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
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New study shows how quickly surface water moves to groundwater reservoirs across Australia
A new study from Charles Darwin University (CDU), Monash University and The University of Newcastle has presented almost 100,000 estimates of groundwater recharge rates across Australia, by far the largest known database of its kind.
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Marine monitoring milestones to headline talk at MAGNT
The first live sightings of two significant marine species in NT waters and the urgent need to monitor sea temperatures will be discussed at a new research talk at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
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CDU researchers take science through to global policy
The 14th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention of Migratory Species (CMS), held in February in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, provided a vital forum for environmental science to inform global policy.
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