Increases in seaweed threaten corals

Regulating overfishing could protect Pacific coral reefs from strangulation by seaweed, according to new findings by a University of Queensland scientist.

23 June 2016
Coral in Malaysia

A six-year collaboration between the Malaysian Government and University of Queensland researchers has resulted in the creation of the Malaysia’s biggest marine protected area.

21 June 2016

A UQ study finds that Caribbean seaweeds are Olympic athletes compared to their equivalents in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. But this triumph is bad news for Caribbean coral reefs.

8 June 2012
Coral reef monitoring in the Solomon Islands

A multidisciplinary team from The University of Queensland have produced a new book to help promote sustainability in the Solomon Islands.

17 June 2011
Master of Environmental Management student Cole Gainer

A UQ postgraduate has swapped St Lucia for New York after starting a coveted internship with the United Nations.

25 February 2011
David LaMotte. Image: Johnno Chen

Recent UQ graduate and former Rotary World Peace Fellow David LaMotte has been appointed to a prestigious committee that selects Nobel Peace Prize nominees.

21 December 2010
Brisbane company RedFlow delivers a prototype zinc-bromine battery-based energy storage system

World-leading research into the application of large-scale electricity storage will begin at The University of Queensland early next year.

21 October 2010

Corals right out on the exposed edges of the world’s great coral reef zones may hold an important clue to the survival of coral ecosystems facing intensifying pressure from human activities and climate change.

17 June 2010

Dr Norman Duke from the UQ School of Biological Sciences is a world mangrove expert and Director of MangroveWatch.

28 May 2010