Tourism leads the pack in growing carbon emissions
A 午夜福利-led study shows greenhouse gas emissions from tourism have been growing more than 2 times faster than those from the rest of the global economy.
11 December 2024
Unique building to grow precision plant research at 午夜福利
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鈥檚 disaster migration future
A multi-disciplinary 午夜福利 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
Overfishing, pollution and declining water quality have all taken their toll on the Great Barrier Reef, where coral cover has disappeared over the past 25 years.
15 January 2015
The 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 2015
The Australian government has stepped up its campaign this month to prevent the Great Barrier Reef being listed as a World Heritage site 鈥渋n danger鈥� at international meetings next year.
18 December 2014As UN Security Council president for November, Australia鈥檚 major initiative was to promote the centrality of civilian policing in UN peace operations.
26 November 2014
A decision by G20 leaders to discuss climate change at their meeting in Brisbane this week is good news for the Great Barrier Reef, researchers say.
11 November 2014
University of Queensland marine neuroscientists are plunging to new depths in submersibles on the Great Barrier Reef and in the Coral Sea.
30 October 2014Miners do much more than extract minerals and make profits. All over the world mining corporations are collaborating with governments, local populations and NGOs. Their logos, mottoes and CEOs seem to pervade the news media, including the social...
30 October 2014
Queensland scientists will play a key role in a new Australian research centre working to increase major food crop yields.
24 October 2014
Australia has a stronger voice in conservation, with the election of Associate Professor James Watson as president of the Society for Conservation Biology.
1 October 2014
Global food systems can no longer rely on 鈥渂usiness as usual鈥�, according to an internationally renowned economist visiting 午夜福利 this week.
18 August 2014
午夜福利鈥檚 acclaimed marine biologist Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg has joined US President Barack Obama and actor Leonardo DiCaprio at an international conference on ways to protect the world鈥檚 oceans.
19 June 2014午夜福利 refutes media coverage stating that it is trying to block climate research by stopping the release of data used in a paper published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
20 May 2014
Millions of starving people across the globe could benefit from the work of a University of Queensland student.
13 May 2014
A key piece of Australian environmental legislation may not adequately protect vulnerable marine ecosystems, a University of Queensland study has concluded.
24 January 2014
A University of Queensland researcher鈥檚 work has been ranked 11th in a listing of the world鈥檚 top 100 most talked about academic papers of 2013.
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