UQ sand mining startup named among top global innovators by World Economic Forum
A sustainable mining startup backed by UQ researchers has been recognised among a handful of top global innovators by the World Economic Forum.
12 May 2025
Database reveals vital ocean links to aid conservation
Scientists have launched an interactive global map to show the migratory patterns of more than 100 marine species in an effort to protect at-risk wildlife.
9 May 2025
Replanted rainforests may benefit from termite transplants
Despite a bad reputation for their destructive abilities, termite ‘transplants’ may be necessary to give regenerated rainforests a boost.
7 May 2025
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
A $1.8 million partnership between The University of Queensland, the Queensland University of Technology and Dreamworld will see the Gold Coast theme park’s zoological department used as living koala genome bank to save the threatened species.
21 September 2016
Issues critical to communities across the world will be discussed at an international symposium in Brisbane from September 22 to 25.
20 September 2016
The United Nations’ sustainable development agenda is ambitious but complex, and Australia will need to take a creative approach to it.
13 September 2016
A University of Queensland-led international study released today reports catastrophic declines in wilderness areas around the world over the past 20 years.
9 September 2016
An international study involving University of Queensland researchers has found that protected areas have been largely successful at safeguarding wildlife within their boundaries, particularly in wealthier, more developed countries.
5 September 2016
A University of Queensland study has found widespread ingestion of debris by Australian marine and coastal birds – including among vulnerable and threatened species.
31 August 2016
A study involving University of Queensland researchers has found that, despite economic and population growth, the physical impact of humans on the planet has slowed.
24 August 2016
North Queensland has some of Earth’s largest known bauxite deposits, but their potential has largely remained locked in the ground, until now.
18 August 2016
A senior University of Queensland lecturer has lent his expertise to a television documentary about the impact of hormones on animal behaviour.
17 August 2016
Sustainability seminars, share cars and a suitcase rummage—these are just a few of the 28 events happening during The University of Queensland’s Sustainability Week from 15 - 19 August.
15 August 2016
University of Queensland-led research published in Nature has found that nearly three-quarters of the world’s threatened species are in peril because people are converting their habitat into agricultural lands and overharvesting species.
11 August 2016
As a 12-year-old in Western Australia, Kristy Guerin wanted to become a vulcanologist – despite the absence of volcanoes in Australia.
19 July 2016
Maintaining the temperature of large buildings uses a huge amount of energy, but a new system at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus is doing just this, while using a fraction of the electricity.
13 July 2016
Would politician Pauline Hanson have committed to “exposing the false claims” of climate change if environmental data were presented to her as the profit margins of a business?
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