The University of Queensland has a range of experts available to talk to media in relation to World Environment Day on 5 June and World Oceans Day on 8 June.
1 June 2018
Twelve miniature self-contained reefs on a remote island in the Great Barrier Reef are quietly predicting the future.
10 December 2015
In a landmark study, scientists at The University of Queensland (UQ) have simulated future ocean conditions and found climate change will jeopardise the future of coral reefs.
2 September 2013A world-first scientific study has found that the world’s coral reefs are being weakened by microscopic borers and will erode more rapidly as the oceans warm and acidify.
19 March 2013Australian 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 2013
In a world first, a new ‘state of the art’ climate change experimental facility has been completed at the University of Queensland’s (UQ) Heron Island Research Station.
7 December 2010A study by UQ researchers reveals that corals are more adapted to smaller ecological niches than previously thought, and provides new insights into the processes that generate diversity on coral reefs.
10 June 2010As human activity pumps more and more carbon into the atmosphere, a new threat has emerged to the world's coral reefs - starvation.
5 October 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 2009Rising CO2 levels in the world’s oceans could deliver a disastrous blow to the ability of coral reefs to withstand climate change.
27 October 2008Students and researchers from around the world will once again have unparalleled access to the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef following the opening of new accommodation at The University of Queensland’s Heron Island Research Station.
21 October 2008A University of Queensland expert who pioneered research linking climate change projections with coral reef distress is the 2008 Smart State Premier’s Fellow.
21 May 2008The 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 drama charged final looms for the annual University of Queensland Great Court Race being run today, Wednesday, May 21.
21 May 2003A strong field of athletes will be out to make history when they line up for the 19th annual University of Queensland Great Court Race on Wednesday, May 21.
20 May 2003Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) Professor Adam Graycar will be guest speaker at a University of Queensland graduation ceremony tonight.
30 May 2002The sunscreen of the future could employ techniques used by colourful corals to protect themselves from ultra-violet (UV) light. Corals convert damaging UV into safer and more useful forms of energy.
18 December 2000
