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
Satellites a solution for tracking coral reef health
Satellites orbiting Earth offer great potential to better understand the world’s reefs over time beyond the sites visited by researchers, UQ research has found.
30 April 2025
Packaging up a sustainable future for Australian business
Researchers at Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator have developed a roadmap to help Australian food and beverage businesses shift towards more eco-friendly packaging.
29 April 2025
Borneo can successfully meet conservation targets for protecting orangutan and elephant habitats if its three national jurisdictions work together, an international study has found.
15 April 2015
Trendy California is going for it, but recycled water still won’t wash in Queensland – and a University of Queensland researcher is warning that we need to stop being squeamish about drinking treated water.
9 April 2015-1.jpg?itok=j8KHp91c "The 3.275 megawatt array is built on a 10ha former airstrip")
Sunshine is being turned into energy and knowledge at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus, where the state’s largest solar array was switched on today.
27 March 2015
University of Queensland School of Civil Engineering students are getting real-world experience, working to improve the water quality of UQ’s lakes.
10 March 2015
Kangaroo social networks could provide insight into the evolution of human personality differences.
3 March 2015
Companies are failing to develop the resilience they will need to cope with climate change, say two business experts from The University of Queensland.
2 March 2015
Drones, laser scanners, planes and sharp shooters have been put to work in the Tasmanian forest to better understand the environmental effects of forest management regimes.
23 February 2015
Respected marine scientist and former University of Queensland academic Dr Robert Endean has been posthumously honoured with the naming of the Bob Endean Reef off the Far North Queensland coast.
4 February 2015
The following experts are available to comment to media on issues relating to the Queensland election and subsequent developments. Journalists can search for experts on a wide range of topics at UQ Experts.
4 February 2015
University of Queensland staff have collectively prevented 77 tonnes of carbon emissions and saved $7600 in electricity costs during a three-week competition aimed at reducing energy consumption in laboratories.
22 January 2015
Efforts to save the koala should focus on the availability of habitat and food resources under a changing climate, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
20 January 2015
Coral larvae use ocean temperature and the presence of symbiotic algae to determine where they should settle, researchers have found.
15 January 2015
Overfishing, pollution and declining water quality have all taken their toll on the Great Barrier Reef, where coral cover has disappeared over the past 25 years.
15 January 2015
The question of whether the future will be powered by coal and oil or by renewable energy is crucially important, both to the medium-term future of the Australian economy and to the long-term future of the planet. For either to succeed, there is a...
8 January 2015
The Australian government has stepped up its campaign this month to prevent the Great Barrier Reef being listed as a World Heritage site “in danger” at international meetings next year.
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