About the Sprigg Geobiology Centre

Geobiology encompasses the fundamental science of how organisms both alter and evolve in response to the environment and how they control geologic processes that influence resource distribution and environmental stability. Geobiological research thus addresses critical questions facing society, these include sustainable energy and resources, changing climate, resource scarcity, environmental dispersion of toxins, as well as species diversity. The latest revolution in geoscience research recognizes the inseparable nature of life from the Earth system.

The Sprigg Geobiology Centre (SGC) undertakes research at the interface of life and Earth, as well as developing the understanding of how geobiological systems sustain society and can be best managed.

Mission of the Centre

The SGC aims to:

• Coordinate a geobiology research program that investigates fundamental process and its application to energy, resources and environment.
• Integrate research between disciplinary strengths at University of Adelaide.
• Catalyse new research directions that lie on the boundaries between research fields.
• Improve analytical capacity in shared faciities that integrate research groups, train users and develop analytical methods.
• Create a geobiology teaching program integrated with research at the undergraduate and postgraduate level.
• Provide a public outreach program connecting Earth history with palaeontology and the history and future projection of environmental change.