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Leaf morphology in silver beech (Nothofagus menziesii)
Honours project: This flora holds important clues to the way in which trees coped with major climate changes.
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Using metal-organic frameworks to understand catalysis
![Chris Sumby Catalysis Figure](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-04/catalysis-figure.jpg?h=6db1c67f&itok=adfWKZyJ)
Honours project: Insights into industrial catalysis and x-ray crystallography in metal-organic frameworks.
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Evolution of dietary specialisation and its effect on snake skull shape
![Snake skull](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/snake-skull.jpg?h=08b866d1&itok=9IHCevFe)
Honours project: This project explores the evolution of dietary specialisation and its effect on a snake's skull shape.
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Environmental monitoring with drones: Remote sensing
![Scientists from the Unmanned Research Aircraft Facility](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/uraf-drone-56.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=Xsa5-yqM)
Honours project: Integrating / calibrating moderate resolution Landsat spectral data with extremely high resolution imaging.
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Bloom dynamics - Spatial variation of chlorophyll-a inside freshwater reservoirs
![Algae bloom](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/algae-bloom.jpg?h=ada6984b&itok=8j1Q6xyH)
Honours project: Use remote sensing and spatial science to investigate the variation of chlorophyll-a inside freshwater reservoirs.
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Re-vegetating South Australia
Honours project: Go back in time and use fossil records to help determine what species of flora we can re-vegetate parts of South Australia with.
Chironomids in extreme environments
![non biting midge](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-02/non-biting-midge.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=uuvHL7RF)
Honours project: Non-biting midges (Chironomidae) are very similar to mosquitoes, and are masters at survival.
Wildlife conservation, plant-animal interactions and restoration ecology
![Wildlife conservation biology](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/wildlife-conservation-biology-10836.jpg?h=fbf4b26c&itok=fqtfmssr)
Honours project: Work with scientists in terrestrial ecology and behaviour to providing research outcomes that facilitate the management, conservation and restoration of biodiversity.
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Using remote sensing to measure the variation in suspended sediment in Gulf St. Vincent
![Colorful blue-green water off the coast of South Australia. The striking colors could be due to sediment brought to the surface when strong winds churn shallow waters. Courtesy: NASA](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/gulf-st-vincent-sediment.jpg?h=748cb951&itok=V171yhNq)
Honours project: Use remote sensing project to characterise historical variation in suspended sediment in Gulf St. Vincent.