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Brisbane and Moreton Bay locals will have the chance to get up close and personal with a host of Australian animals when Õ¬Äе¼º½â€™s Moreton Bay Research Station opens its doors to the public on Saturday (21 November).

17 November 2015

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

A University of Queensland project to develop a portable test to detect mosquitoes carrying dengue fever has won a $100,000 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Grand Challenges grant.

13 November 2015
"e-waste being sent to landfill is growing at three-times the rate of other waste"

The average Australian will generate about two tonnes of waste each year – twice as much as 20 years ago – and that figure is still rising.

11 November 2015
The Global Change Institute won the David Oppenheim Award for Sustainable Architecture and the National Award for Interior Architecture at the Australian Institute of Architects’ Annual Awards.

Õ¬Äе¼º½â€™s landmark six-star sustainability building has been recognised at the nation’s leading architecture awards.

9 November 2015

An international research team led by University of Queensland scientists has returned from the Great Barrier Reef with historical insights that could predict how the reef will respond to future environmental change.

21 October 2015
Manta ray. Photograph by Dr Kathy Townsend, Moreton Bay Research Station.

A University of Queensland scientist is calling for volunteer divers to photograph the underside of manta rays in waters off the Western Australian coastline and upload them to Facebook as part of a research project.

19 October 2015
Picture: The Indo-Pacific region holds most of the world’s mangrove forests.

Mangrove forests around the Indo-Pacific region could be submerged by 2070, according to international research published today.

15 October 2015
A before and after image of the bleaching in American Samoa: XL Catlin Seaview Survey.

A global coral bleaching event expected to heavily impact the Great Barrier Reef has been confirmed by scientists from Õ¬Äе¼º½ and the National Ocean Atmospheric Administration.

8 October 2015
Professor Saleem Ali

Õ¬Äе¼º½ has formally joined the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) to contribute to fighting extreme poverty and sustaining the planet.

1 October 2015
A bright coloured male superb fairy wren, also known as a blue wren,  perched next to a female.

More than 150 keen green volunteers have again teamed up in the name of sustainability to help plant thousands of trees along Õ¬Äе¼º½ St Lucia riverbank.

30 September 2015
Dr Paul Dennis travelled to Antarctica for his research. Photo: Paul Dennis.

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

New Queensland research is indicating that green turtles living near urban and farming areas are absorbing possibly thousands of chemicals.

25 September 2015
Picture: an echidna puggle at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

An echidna-breeding partnership between Õ¬Äе¼º½ and the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary has proved so successful that researchers hope their model could help save endangered echidna species.

23 September 2015
Cooling tower.

New technology from Õ¬Äе¼º½ could transform electricity generation, making it cheaper and more reliable for drought-affected areas.

23 September 2015