UQ-led research has shown there is more coral reef area across the globe than previously thought, with detailed satellite mapping helping to conserve these vital ecosystems.
14 February 2024
All of the world’s shallow coral reefs have been digitally mapped, thanks to a three-year project combining two million satellite images, enormous amounts of field data and University of Queensland-developed mapping techniques.
9 September 2021
In a world first, a satellite-based global coral reef bleaching monitoring system will scan the Earth’s oceans for coral-killing bleaching events in real-time.
19 May 2021
For the first time, the Great Barrier Reef will be mapped in unprecedented 3D detail thanks to a collaboration between Australia’s lead managers of the Reef and spatial experts.
8 April 2019
The most up-to-date global satellite images of the world’s coral reefs are now online, thanks to a collaboration between Microsoft’s late co-founder, Paul G. Allen, and a team of international partners including The University of Queensland.
2 November 2018
A team of 40 plus divers will be going to great depths to raise funds and awareness for coral reefs – collectively spending 24 hours under water at an event being held at The University of Queensland.
11 October 2018
An army of volunteer divers and researchers have won an environmental award for a project mapping the health of a reef off the South-East Queensland coast.
2 August 2018
The University of Queensland is part of a global mapping and monitoring partnership using satellite imagery and big data processing to respond to the crisis facing coral reefs.
5 June 2018
A Swiss yacht on an epic research expedition to map the world’s oceans will host University of Queensland marine scientists on the Great Barrier Reef in March and April
22 March 2017
University of Queensland researchers are playing a key role in a NASA airborne mission designed to transform understanding of earth's valuable and ecologically sensitive coral reefs.
22 September 2016
The future of Moreton Bay will be the focus of a public regional forum at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus from 1-3 November.
20 September 2016
You can do it reef-walking, snorkelling or scuba diving. You can do it with the elderly or with kids. It’s a great way to spend your holidays, and you can help save the world’s coral reefs in the process.
14 December 2015
The University of Queensland’s underwater club, UniDive, has demonstrated the power of volunteers with its victory in the 2015 Healthy Waterways awards.
25 June 2015
Volunteer divers from The University of Queensland’s Underwater Club have began their descent on the North Stradbroke Island Point Lookout dive sites, to measure changes in plant and animal life over the past 13 years.
13 February 2014Dr Chris Roelfsema, from the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management at UQ, is concerned about the impact the 2011 floods may have on seagrass in Moreton Bay.
28 September 2011
UQ experts are helping to accurately map and measure the health of Moreton Bay following the recent floods.
28 January 2011Volunteers from The University of Queensland’s Underwater Dive Club (Unidive) have published a report into vital habitats of the critically endangered grey nurse shark.
18 December 2003Volunteers from The University of Queensland’s Underwater Club are mapping and surveying critical habitats of the grey nurse shark in southern Queensland.
5 June 2003UQ Sport’s underwater club UniDive has taken the future of one of its favourite dive spots into its own hands with the securing of a $14,000 CoastCare grant to study the ecological health of Point Lookout, off North Stradbroke Island.
8 March 2002
