UQ scientist among ‘world’s most influential’ in climate policy
University of Queensland researcher Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg has been named as one of the world’s 100 most influential people in climate policy for 2019.
21 March 2019
Mutually-assured destruction in heated coral-algae war
Global warming and acidifying oceans are creating an intense competition between coral and algae that both are set to lose.
18 March 2019
Mapping the ravages of guns, traps and bulldozers on biodiversity
New research has revealed that human threats – like hunting and land clearing – are severely limiting the areas in which species can survive.
13 March 2019
The most up-to-date global satellite images of the world’s coral reefs are now online, thanks to a collaboration between Microsoft’s late co-founder, Paul G. Allen, and a team of international partners including The University of Queensland.
2 November 2018
A new strategy to save the world’s coral reefs proposes an “insurance policy” which focuses on the reefs most likely to survive global warming.
30 October 2018
What do you do if you have a question? You probably ‘Google it’.
12 September 2018
A team of international marine scientists working with The University of Queensland has found evidence to suggest the 2016 coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef also affected deep reefs.
5 September 2018
Scientists have identified a portfolio of the world’s reefs most likely to survive the coming decades, using principles from the financial investment world.
28 June 2018
University of Queensland environmental scientists are trading travel for tweets in an effort to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions and improve accessibility leading talks in a new conference.
16 May 2018
The death of coral reefs is a more significant factor in the erosion of tropical coastlines than rising sea levels, an international study has revealed.
1 March 2018As Australia and India cultivate closer ties, The University of Queensland and one of India’s premier institutes of learning and research have struck a strategic partnership.
1 February 2018
For the first time since US President Barack Obama’s historic visit in 2014, The University of Queensland has welcomed another international president to its St Lucia campus – this time, a UQ alumnus.
8 November 2017
Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for an estimated nine million premature deaths in 2015, a global report has found.
20 October 2017
Grain research technology that will help combat food shortages stemming from climate change and a burgeoning world population have helped a young researcher claim the title of Advance Queensland Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year.
14 August 2017
A new Netflix documentary, Chasing Coral, is about to hit the world’s small screens.
14 July 2017
One of the world’s foremost international business leaders will address hundreds of people at a Brisbane event in July.
26 June 2017
Unfinished business: Adani, the State, and the indigenous rights struggle of the Wangan and Jagalingou traditional owners council
12 June 2017
Climate change around Antarctica can severely affect Australia’s rainfall and even influence the distribution of wet and dry zones across southeast Asia, an international study has revealed.
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