Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
10 October 2018
A list of the world’s 50 most important reefs to protect from climate change is being compiled by a global team of world experts led by The University of Queensland.
24 February 2017
Deep coral reefs should not be relied upon as a “lifeline” for shallow reefs, a new study by University of Queensland marine scientists argues.
16 February 2017
University of Queensland Global Change Institute Director Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg was honoured with the Banksia Foundation’s International Award at a Sydney ceremony last night.
1 December 2016I refer to Fossil Fuel UQ’s briefing paper “Fossil Fuel Divestment and The University of Queensland” and attendance at the April and August Senate meetings.
7 October 2016
Two University of Queensland researchers have been announced as Laureate Fellows under the Australian Research Council’s most prestigious research grants scheme.
22 August 2014Australian researchers are harnessing a world-first scientific discovery to develop a stress-test for coral, to measure how coral reefs are being impacted by pressures from climate change and human activity.
27 February 2013Researchers at The University of Queensland have attracted $11.2 million in funding for 22 projects under the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects scheme, which supports joint research with industry and business partners.
1 June 2011Eleven University of Queensland researchers have been honoured as international leaders in their fields at a ceremony today.
13 April 2010
New UQ research into how stainless steel may be used to reduce damage to buildings during an earthquake will be presented at the Universitas 21 Graduate Research Conference in November.
23 November 2009To have even a chance of saving the world’s coral reefs from extensive damage caused by global warming, carbon emissions in industrialised countries need to be cut by 25 percent below their year 2000 levels by 2020 – and by 80-90 percent by 2050.
17 November 2009Australian marine scientists have issued an urgent call for massive and rapid worldwide cuts in carbon emissions, deep enough to prevent atmospheric CO2 levels rising to 450 parts per million (ppm).
8 November 2009How could picture-perfect Heron Island – a remote coral cay on the Tropic of Capricorn north east of Gladstone – possibly be the subject of an artist’s ecological scrutiny?
5 October 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 2009
Marine scientists say they are astonished at the spectacular recovery of certain coral reefs in Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park from a devastating coral bleaching event in 2006.
21 April 2009
UQ’s Heron Island Research Station in the Great Barrier Reef reopens today (Friday, February 20), following a $9 million upgrade.
20 February 2009The first comprehensive field guide to the Great Barrier Reef will be launched by UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield at Customs House today (10am, Thursday, November 27).
25 November 2008Rising CO2 levels in the world’s oceans could deliver a disastrous blow to the ability of coral reefs to withstand climate change.
27 October 2008Townsville: 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 2008An event held as part of Brisbane’s Riversymposium will inform an international meeting on water resources.
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