Urban and small island communities facing major social and environmental challenges will be the first to benefit from close to half a million dollars of joint investment by The University of Queensland and Indonesia’s national research organisation...
26 April 2016Termite guts could contribute to mining site rehabilitation and pay big dividends for the planet, thanks to University of Queensland research.
22 April 2016Shanghai-based Baosteel Group will provide approximately $10 million in additional funds to continue the momentum of a successful research and development centre that combines the expertise of four Australian universities with the industrial...
29 March 2016Global warming could occur more quickly than expected, according to a new model by University of Queensland and Griffith University researchers.
10 March 2016University of Queensland analysis of the costs associated with delivering Galilee Basin coal to India has called into question the project’s long-term viability.
7 March 2016Forests are the lungs of the planet, so surely planting more of them could only be a good thing.
15 February 2016A research organisation that comprises Australia’s top water experts has welcomed a Federal Government plan to make cities greener and cooler.
20 January 2016¹ú²ú̽»¨ has ranked 45th in a global ranking system, placing fifth in the Asia-Pacific Region and number one in Queensland.
16 October 2015Mining provides income and infrastructure to Mongolia, but it also brings drastic social and environmental changes, new research shows.
25 May 2015Sunshine 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 2015Brazilian steel industry strategies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions have failed spectacularly, actually resulting in a doubling of emissions, University of Queensland research has found.
11 February 2015The 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 2015To help meet the changing professional training and development needs of the extractive resources sector, The University of Queensland has launched a new postgraduate coursework program for 2015.
9 December 2014Queensland scientists delving into newspaper archives have discovered that catch rates for Queensland’s pink snapper fishery have declined almost 90 per cent, since the nineteenth century.
17 November 2014The agricultural green paper released last week proposes 27 new water and irrigation projects, which the government claims will be necessary for Australia’s agricultural expansion. The emphasis is firmly on dams, with federal agriculture minister...
30 October 2014