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    Unique building to grow precision plant research at լе

    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
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    Forecasting Australia’s disaster migration future

    A multi-disciplinary լе 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
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    A quantum leap for biology

    լе 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

Farming kangaroos is an issue most Australians would rather hop away from, but an upcoming լе seminar will explore why it might be time to revisit the debate.

27 May 2010

Interested in learning about climate change? Come see Skeptical Science founder and լе graduate John Cook speak about the realities of climate change Friday May 7.

29 April 2010
Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry Richard Marles, TERN Board Chair Andrew Campbell and TERN Director Professor Stuart Phinn, launching TERN under a flux tower at TERN’s research site in Samford Valley, Brisbane.

The national Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, backed by $55 million Federal Government funding, will be launched today in Brisbane.

27 April 2010

The Director of լе's National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (EnTox) has welcomed a new report released today on the potential impacts of climate change on human health.

22 April 2010

Opinion editorial by Alexander Stathakis, project manager of լе's Sustainable Business Unit, on the Climate Change Talks in Bonn, Germany.

21 April 2010

Ipswich residents will have an opportunity to help shape healthy cities for the future, not only in Ipswich, but internationally, with a study launching tomorrow night.

21 April 2010

About 5000 miniature robots are floating in oceans around the globe, constantly monitoring temperatures, salinity and other data, one of the world’s top oceanographers told an audience at լе this week.

15 April 2010

The skeptics who frequently deny the reality of climate change in the world’s media lack all scientific credibility, charge three eminent Australian researchers who have just been listed among the world’s 20 most influential scientists in the field...

9 April 2010

Distinguished ARC Laureate Fellow and eminent Pew Fellow, Professor Peter J Mumby has been appointed to a newly created position as Professor in լе's School of Biological Sciences from April 1, 2010.

31 March 2010

The rise in human emissions of carbon dioxide is driving fundamental and dangerous changes in the chemistry and ecosystems of the world’s oceans, international marine scientists warned today.

28 March 2010
Security Officer Michael Malcolm switches off

լе will switch on to Earth Hour by switching off on Saturday, March 27.

15 March 2010

Provocative author Clive Hamilton will discuss his new book “Requiem for a Species” in a public lecture this month hosted by the newly established Global Change Institute at լе.

12 March 2010

The Governor of Queensland told the audience at last night’s inaugural լе Centenary Oration that bridging the gap between research labs and everyday life is key to changing people’s perceptions about global change.

11 March 2010

A major new international research institute that will address the problems of a rapidly changing world and develop innovative solutions was launched in Brisbane tonight.

10 March 2010