University of Queensland scientists are leading efforts to explore a water quality trading scheme to improve the state’s waterways.
4 December 2023
Increasing reforestation efforts in coastal regions could substantially reduce the amount of sediment run-off reaching coral reefs and improve their resilience, a University of Queensland-led study has found.
16 September 2021
In a discovery spanning millions of years, scientists have found that humans, and most likely other animals, share important genetic mechanisms with a prehistoric Great Barrier Reef sea sponge.
5 November 2020
A rare element discovered in Great Barrier Reef coral skeletons will help scientists understand the environmental history of nearby regions.
21 October 2019
A phenomenon that makes coral spawn more than once a year is improving the resilience of the Great Barrier Reef.
6 August 2019
The Great Barrier Reef and Australia’s delicate ecosystems will benefit from a research project that aims to cut the amount of nitrogen fertiliser that ends up in our waterways.
4 December 2018
University of Queensland experts are available to comment on issues around the 2018 Federal Budget. Journalists can contact the following experts below or search by topic or name at UQ Experts.
8 May 2018
People locked out of the renewable energy market by cost, knowledge barriers or restrictive housing arrangements, such as renters, could benefit from emerging community energy schemes.
5 March 2018
Regulating overfishing could protect Pacific coral reefs from strangulation by seaweed, according to new findings by a University of Queensland scientist.
23 June 2016
Researchers have distilled 40 years of coastal marine restoration studies into a set of powerful guidelines for anyone hoping to rejuvenate coastal habitats.
9 June 2016
University of Queensland scientific research on the Great Barrier Reef is in the international spotlight with this week’s launch of an interactive website to complement a BBC television series to be released on 30 December.
23 December 2015
UQ's Global Change Institute and the Sharjah Research Academy in the United Arab Emirates have agreed to a broad research collaboration to address global warming.
7 December 2015
An international research team led by University of Queensland scientists has returned from the Great Barrier Reef with historical insights that could predict how the reef will respond to future environmental change.
21 October 2015
New Queensland research is indicating that green turtles living near urban and farming areas are absorbing possibly thousands of chemicals.
25 September 2015
A decision by G20 leaders to discuss climate change at their meeting in Brisbane this week is good news for the Great Barrier Reef, researchers say.
11 November 2014
The captive elephant population in Laos will be extinct in just over a century if current management practices do not change, a University of Queensland study has found.
5 May 2014
University 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 2014Leading scientists and marine managers have called for a greater national effort to protect vital 1000-kilometre stretches in the middle of Australia’s eastern and western coastlines.
22 November 2010Landholders will find it easier to understand the laws affecting the sustainable management of their land once a research project by a UQ law academic is complete.
10 June 2010UQ’s newly established Global Change Institute has received $1.4 million in ARC funding to attract the best young minds to tackle climate change.
9 April 2010- 1 of 2
- next ›
