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Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield presents Prime Minister
Julia Gillard with copies of Coral Reefs and Climate Change at Õ¬Äе¼º½ on July 23

A new book demystifying the science surrounding coral reefs and climate change has been launched by the Queensland Governor Her Excellency Dr Penelope Wensley at Brisbane’s Customs House.

27 July 2010

Õ¬Äе¼º½ will lead two new Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence which have been awarded $36.4 million today to position Australia internationally in quantum technologies and to help solve environmental management...

16 July 2010

Replacing a small number of national parks and other protected areas with new ones that achieve more for conservation and biodiversity is the recommendation released today in the science journal Nature.

29 June 2010

An interdisciplinary research team at Õ¬Äе¼º½ has been awarded a third grant from the US based MacArthur Foundation to continue a conservation project in Solomon Islands for a further three years.

21 June 2010

Corals right out on the exposed edges of the world’s great coral reef zones may hold an important clue to the survival of coral ecosystems facing intensifying pressure from human activities and climate change.

17 June 2010

The first comprehensive synthesis on the effects of climate change on the world’s oceans has found they are now changing at a rate not seen for several million years.

17 June 2010

University of Queensland researchers are investigating whether habitat offsets could genuinely compensate for the removal of large old trees, the key feeding habitat for the endangered Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo in south-eastern Australia.

15 June 2010
Mr Waldie prepares for a scuba dive off Lizard Island. Image: Tane Sinclair-Taylor

Eager to save shrinking fish stocks and shape the future of their field, two Õ¬Äе¼º½ marine biology graduates will soon dive headfirst into a tour of Papua New Guinea.

11 June 2010

A study by Õ¬Äе¼º½ researchers reveals that corals are more adapted to smaller ecological niches than previously thought, and provides new insights into the processes that generate diversity on coral reefs.

10 June 2010

Landholders will find it easier to understand the laws affecting the sustainable management of their land once a research project by a Õ¬Äе¼º½ law academic is complete.

10 June 2010

A new project by the Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Excellence (QGECE) at Õ¬Äе¼º½ is aiming to identify new resources for enhanced geothermal systems.

10 June 2010
A still from the animation created by Dr David Poger and Professor Alan Mark

Õ¬Äе¼º½ scientists have earned their place alongside artists in a new exhibition that promotes sustainability through creative practice.

9 June 2010
Visiting tourism expert from Japan, Professor Masahiro Yabuta

Lessons learned at Australia's national parks are expected to help a leading Japanese academic lobby for more sustainable practices in his home country.

9 June 2010
Green office representative Bridget Waugh and school manager Heather Dixon from the School of Social Science, which won the 2010 Most Improved Award

Staff at Õ¬Äе¼º½ are embracing the green office culture, with 87 volunteers promoting environmental practices and awareness across all four campuses.

4 June 2010

While big-city living can be fun and exciting, it can have negative impacts on quality of life as well as the environment, according to a Õ¬Äе¼º½ researcher.

1 June 2010