Coastal communities could be significantly damaged if authorities don’t plan ahead for sea-level rise, according to University of Queensland experts studying coastal inundation.
10 December 2014You may have seen recent reports that Australia’s renewable energy sector is suffering. According to a Bloomberg analysis, investment in the sector in the year to September 2014 was down 70% on investment during the 12 months previous.
24 November 2014A picture is worth considerably more than a thousand words to marine scientists working on the Catlin Seaview Survey, as they study more than 500,000 images in research to improve coral reef health.
21 November 2014A University of Queensland marine scientist’s efforts to reduce the impact of climate change have been honoured by Prince Albert II of Monaco.
14 October 2014The University of Queensland and First Solar have begun construction on a 3.275 megawatt solar photovoltaic research facility at UQ’s Gatton campus.
6 August 2014Tighter bag limits for fishermen have been identified as an important key to ocean ecosystem conservation.
1 August 2014The University of Queensland’s “greenest” building has notched up another prestigious award for its innovation, cost effectiveness and sustainable approach to the automation of its building systems.
21 July 2014Researchers are struggling to solve the challenge of predicting climate change impacts on marine environments.
24 June 2014Professor John Foster, Director of The University of Queensland’s Energy Economics and Management Group, is available to comment on electricity changes.
3 June 2014UQ refutes media coverage stating that it is trying to block climate research by stopping the release of data used in a paper published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
20 May 2014Queensland marine biologists have found that the damage sustained to a Filipino coral reef from an American warship is more extensive than first thought.
20 May 2014The accolades continue for The University of Queensland’s newest building, with a prestigious green star rating award from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) this week.
16 May 2014University of Queensland coral reef researchers will visit the Philippines this week to assess the state of coral reefs over larger scales and in more precise detail than ever before.
18 March 2014A free online course on tropical coastal ecosystems is now open to anyone with internet access and high school science knowledge.
24 January 2014A key piece of Australian environmental legislation may not adequately protect vulnerable marine ecosystems, a University of Queensland study has concluded.
24 January 2014A University of Queensland researcher’s work has been ranked 11th in a listing of the world’s top 100 most talked about academic papers of 2013.
16 January 2014