Transition to a low-carbon society will result in enormous demand for minerals to manufacture clean technologies, creating the need for a global resource governance framework, according to research published today.
16 March 2017
An open access Water Atlas has gone online, giving the general public a 3D view of groundwater data from eastern Australia’s Surat Basin.
9 December 2016
Marine scientists have proposed a prosperity path for Melanesia, in a report that values the region’s ocean assets at more than half a trillion US dollars.
18 October 2016
Issues critical to communities across the world will be discussed at an international symposium in Brisbane from September 22 to 25.
20 September 2016
North Queensland has some of Earth’s largest known bauxite deposits, but their potential has largely remained locked in the ground, until now.
18 August 2016
Urban and small island communities facing major social and environmental challenges will be the first to benefit from close to half a million dollars of joint investment by The University of Queensland and Indonesia’s national research organisation...
26 April 2016
Termite guts could contribute to mining site rehabilitation and pay big dividends for the planet, thanks to University of Queensland research.
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Global warming could occur more quickly than expected, according to a new model by University of Queensland and Griffith University researchers.
10 March 2016
University of Queensland analysis of the costs associated with delivering Galilee Basin coal to India has called into question the project’s long-term viability.
7 March 2016
Forests are the lungs of the planet, so surely planting more of them could only be a good thing.
15 February 2016
Mining provides income and infrastructure to Mongolia, but it also brings drastic social and environmental changes, new research shows.
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Sunshine is being turned into energy and knowledge at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus, where the state’s largest solar array was switched on today.
27 March 2015
The question of whether the future will be powered by coal and oil or by renewable energy is crucially important, both to the medium-term future of the Australian economy and to the long-term future of the planet. For either to succeed, there is a...
8 January 2015
Queensland scientists delving into newspaper archives have discovered that catch rates for Queensland’s pink snapper fishery have declined almost 90 per cent, since the nineteenth century.
17 November 2014
The 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 2014Professor John Foster, Director of The University of Queensland’s Energy Economics and Management Group, is available to comment on electricity changes.
3 June 2014
A lifelong commitment to sustainable mining has brought recognition for a highly accomplished and long-serving University of Queensland academic, Emeritus Professor Clive L. Bell.
23 May 2014Australia’s power system needs a combination of a carbon price supported by direct action incentives aimed at businesses if it is to withstand future supply and price shocks.
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