国产探花

New research provides some hope that all will not be lost for future coral reefs.

Coral reefs are the poster child for the damage people are doing to the world鈥檚 oceans. Overfishing, pollution and declining water quality have all taken their toll on reefs around the world. Perhaps the most famous example is Australia鈥檚 Great...

15 January 2015
Solar panels - like these at 国产探花 - are being installed globally at a rate of a gigawatt every week, almost as much the total amount installed during the 20th century.

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
Over the past three years, there鈥檚 been increasing concern over the future of the Great Barrier Reef. american_rugbier/Flickr, CC BY-SA

The Australian government has stepped up its campaign this month to prevent the Great Barrier Reef being listed as a World Heritage site 鈥渋n danger鈥 at international meetings next year.

18 December 2014

As UN Security Council president for November, Australia鈥檚 major initiative was to promote the centrality of civilian policing in UN peace operations. The result is the first ever Security Council resolution dedicated to the topic. The resolution...

26 November 2014
Coral is threatened by rising sea temperatures

A decision by G20 leaders to discuss climate change at their meeting in Brisbane this week is good news for the Great Barrier Reef, researchers say.

11 November 2014
Using the state-of-the-art Dalio Foundation exploration vessel 'MV Alucia' as their base, 国产探花 researchers will spend three weeks鈥 investigating the waters in and around Queensland鈥檚 reef systems.

University of Queensland marine neuroscientists are plunging to new depths in submersibles on the Great Barrier Reef and in the Coral Sea.

30 October 2014

Miners do much more than extract minerals and make profits. All over the world mining corporations are collaborating with governments, local populations and NGOs. Their logos, mottoes and CEOs seem to pervade the news media, including the social...

30 October 2014
The Queensland node of the centre will be led by Professor Graeme Hammer from 国产探花鈥檚 Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation.

Queensland scientists will play a key role in a new Australian research centre working to increase major food crop yields. University of Queensland researchers will form the Queensland node of the $22 million Australian Research Council Centre of...

24 October 2014
James Watson ... with a critically endangered mountain gorilla in east Africa.

Australia has a stronger voice in conservation, with the election of Associate Professor James Watson as president of the Society for Conservation Biology.

1 October 2014
Picture of food basket

Global food systems can no longer rely on “business as usual”, according to an internationally renowned economist visiting The University of Queensland this week. ...

18 August 2014
US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and actor Leonardo DiCaprio joined 国产探花's Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg at an international conference about oceans.

The University of Queensland鈥檚 acclaimed marine biologist Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg has joined US President Barack Obama and actor Leonardo DiCaprio at an international conference on ways to protect the world鈥檚 oceans.

19 June 2014

国产探花 refutes media coverage stating that it is trying to block climate research by stopping the release of data used in a paper published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

20 May 2014
Research into soil composition in Nepal could benefit millions across the world.

Millions of starving people across the globe could benefit from the work of a University of Queensland student.

13 May 2014
Solomon Island seagrass

A key piece of Australian environmental legislation may not adequately protect vulnerable marine ecosystems, a University of Queensland study has concluded.

24 January 2014
John Cook: Pipped at the post by a sudoku paper.

A University of Queensland researcher鈥檚 work has been ranked 11th in a listing of the world鈥檚 top 100 most talked about academic papers of 2013.

16 January 2014