Centuries-old nautical charts, mapped by long-deceased sailors to avoid shipwrecks, have been used by modern scientists to study loss of coral reefs.
7 September 2017
The vulnerability and conservation value of sub-tropical reefs south of the Great Barrier Reef - regarded as climate change refuges – has been highlighted in a new study.
23 August 2017
University of Queensland researchers have found physical evidence in Great Barrier Reef corals of a little-known, long-term climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation – discovered and named only in the 1990s – describes...
13 January 2014A new scientific study has identified two distinct populations of white shark at the east and west of Bass Strait in Australian waters, prompting researchers to suggest the huge fish may need regional conservation plans.
4 June 2012An international team of scientists has been exploring Moreton Bay, close to Brisbane, as a possible ‘lifeboat’ to save corals from the Great Barrier Reef at risk of extermination under climate change.
26 July 2010Developing better treatments for child burns victims is the aim of UQ researcher Dr James R. McMillan, who was yesterday awarded an International Science Linkages Grant.
8 December 2009The 7000-year-old coral communities of Moreton Bay are telling a curious tale, expanding when sea-levels rise or water quality improves, then declining when current circulation becomes more restricted.
4 August 2009Townsville: Australia’s most eminent tropical marine scientists today strongly backed calls by the Pew Environment Group and partners to secure world-class, no-take marine reserves at key locations around the world.
10 September 2008UQ researchers have today expressed their concern about the limited protection being offered by the draft Moreton Bay Marine Park zoning plan.
6 March 2008More than 50 scientists of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies today declared the following statements unanimously:
22 October 2007Large-scale coral die-offs are now occurring more frequently than at any time in the last 11 000 years, according to a new study by Australian-based scientists.
15 December 2006A new study has found that the damage caused by human activity to some of the world’s iconic coral reefs in the past 30 years is greater than at any time in the last 220,000 years.
19 June 2006The 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 academic is hoping to change the way governments around the world look at saving coral reefs, some of the world’s greatest natural wonders.
21 March 2005
