Unique building to grow precision plant research at UQ
A high-tech building with rooms to mimic environments from rainforests to deserts will help Australian plant scientists and industry improve crop productivity and secure future food supplies.
4 October 2024
Forecasting Australia’s disaster migration future
A multi-disciplinary UQ project aims to quantify how many Australians will be forced to relocate because of climate change disaster scenarios in the next 25 years.
2 October 2024
A quantum leap for biology
UQ has launched a $45 million research initiative to position Australia as a global leader in quantum biotechnology, and tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges.
3 September 2024
Climate forecasts to 2050 suggest sorghum is set to remain Queensland’s top crop as temperatures rise and rainfall decreases across the State.
16 November 2015
The University of Queensland’s landmark six-star sustainability building has been recognised at the nation’s leading architecture awards.
9 November 2015
Mangrove forests around the Indo-Pacific region could be submerged by 2070, according to international research published today.
15 October 2015
A global coral bleaching event expected to heavily impact the Great Barrier Reef has been confirmed by scientists from The University of Queensland and the National Ocean Atmospheric Administration.
8 October 2015
The University of Queensland has formally joined the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) to contribute to fighting extreme poverty and sustaining the planet.
1 October 2015
Climate change will have a major impact on life in Antarctica this century, according to a landmark study published in Nature Climate Change today.
29 September 2015
Until 1997, water supplies in downtown Manila were beset with infrastructure problems such as leaks, widespread unauthorised access and contamination.
11 September 2015
A team of marine biologists from The University of Queensland has witnessed first-hand the potentially damaging effects of rapidly rising ocean temperatures on coral reefs in Hawaii.
2 September 2015
Warming oceans will cause profound changes in the global distribution of marine species, new research shows.
26 August 2015
International ocean scientists have issued a blunt warning to world leaders ahead of the November 2015 climate change negotiations in Paris (COP21).
3 July 2015
Climate geoengineering may be the only way to save coral reefs from destructive mass bleaching, according to new research involving the University of Queensland.
25 May 2015An international scientific team has used a 23-million-year fossil record to calculate which marine animals and ecosystems are most at risk of extinction today.
1 May 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
Coral larvae use ocean temperature and the presence of symbiotic algae to determine where they should settle, researchers have found.
15 January 2015
Coral reefs are the poster child for the damage people are doing to the world’s oceans. Overfishing, pollution and declining water quality have all taken their toll on reefs around the world. Perhaps the most famous example is Australia’s Great...
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