A delegation of senior coastal environment managers from the Cook Islands is in Queensland this week learning the keys to successful marine conservation.
11 September 2006Australians may have to resort to "underwater gardening" if they are to protect their priceless coral reefs through the stresses of climate change.
5 September 2006In a major checkup of the health of the central Great Barrier Reef, scientists report that while corals on the outer reef are in excellent condition, coral health is in sharp decline close to the Queensland coast.
4 August 2006Cyclone Larry`s speedy crossing of the coast has brought some good news for the Great Barrier Reef.
22 March 2006An international network of scientists is concerned about the recent development of severe coral bleaching on inshore reefs in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
31 January 2006Following on news that a coral bleaching incident is rapidly developing on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, University of Queensland researchers are working with NASA to understand what this event means for the world’s oceans.
12 January 2006Researchers at The University of Queensland are racing against time to lessen the damage from a coral bleaching incident about to hit the Great Barrier Reef.
6 January 2006The following University of Queensland experts will be available today for media comment on the Bureau of Meteorology’s data showing 2005 was the hottest year on record:
4 January 2006The news from the Royal Society’s latest report is not good, but there is better news on the horizon with the mobilisation of scientists through the global Coral Reef Targeted Research & Capacity Building for Management (CRTR) Project.
30 June 2005Britain’s peak scientific body, the Royal Society today released a report that warns that the protection of tropical coastlines by coral reefs may disappear as early as 2050 due to acidification of the world’s oceans by increased atmospheric carbon...
30 June 2005The University of Queensland has topped the latest round of grants from the nation’s peak university funding council.
23 June 2005The University of Queensland`s commitment to excellence in research has been recognised with two of the University`s world-renowned researchers being awarded Federation Fellowships this week.
16 June 2005A University of Queensland PhD student has developed a technique that can trace pollution and long-term changes to coral reef environments.
6 October 2004A new aquaculture research facility coordinated by the Centre for Marine Studies at UQ is expected to play a lead role alongside industry and government in advancing aquaculture research.
22 October 2003Australian and world experts in reef ecosystems have declared Australia will run the risk of losing its Iconic Great Barrier Reef unless measures are taken now.
14 August 2003Last summer, the Great Barrier Reef experienced its worst-ever coral bleaching event – data has shown it was even the more severe than in 1998.
4 October 2002Two University of Queensland researchers will be taking part in an international study in the world’s only underwater laboratory off the coast of Florida next month.
29 May 2002International marine and climate change experts will be meeting at The University of Queensland’s Heron Island research station later this month to examine the latest episode of ‘coral bleaching’.
18 February 2002The sunscreen of the future could employ techniques used by colourful corals to protect themselves from ultra-violet (UV) light. Corals convert damaging UV into safer and more useful forms of energy.
18 December 2000Recent work by University of Queensland researchers shows that the Great Barrier Reef may be dead within 50 to 100 years, having a devastating impact on marine life and even coastal communities.
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