News: Spatial Sciences
Which environments did ancient Aboriginal peoples forage in Australia’s Western Desert?
![Habitat suitability model. Excavated rockshelter sites with long archaeological sequences (lime green) include: (1) Karnatukul (Serpent’s Glen), (2) Bushturkey-3, (3) Kaalpi, (4) Puntuntjarpa, (5) Parnkupirti, (6) Puritjarra, (7) Glen Thirsty, (8) Tjungkupu, and (9) Kulpi Mara.](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-06/news-boone-westerndesert-Fig1_HabitatModel.jpg?h=ff96e258&itok=daOCdUCL)
Scientists have used more than two decades of satellite-derived environmental data to suggest the possible foraging habitats of pre-contact Aboriginal peoples living in the Western Desert.
Scientists use novel remote sensing techniques to map ancient Aboriginal ‘tool-stone’ resources
![Boone Law remote sensing northern South Australia](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-05/news-boone-law-remote-sensing.jpg?h=08b866d1&itok=lInGVk44)
University of Adelaide remote sensing research features on the cover of the journal Geoarchaeology.
New funding for carbon storage in coastal ecosystems
![University of Adelaide PhD student Hannah Auricht and technician Tan Dang sampling salt marsh soil cores near St Kilda to analyse for carbon content](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-02/news-blue-carbon-saltmarsh.jpg?h=e1a1a6b6&itok=itPzLl8Z)
Scientists are investigating the potential for more carbon storage in our coastal ecosystems with new funding from the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board.
[Read more about New funding for carbon storage in coastal ecosystems]