14 December 2016 • News New policy to steer Monash University’s attack on climate change The Monash University Environmental, Social and Governance statement (ESG) will tackle climate change through its teaching, research, engagement, investments and campus operations. The new policy…
9 November 2016 • News Griffith environmental sciences student gets real world experience A fairy tale and university study may seem an unusual pairing but for Griffith University student Tahlia Rossi a Heron Island field trip was just that. There…
29 July 2016 • News Can you teach a koala new tricks? Griffith University researchers have found that koalas are more clever than they thought them to be in a world-first study that tracked the Australian animal…
28 June 2016 • News JCU will celebrate the International Day of the Tropics James Cook University is defined by the tropics, unique among Australian universities, woven into the intellectual, economic and social fabric of its tropical location and…
15 June 2016 • News Climate change likely to turn up heat on koalas A changing climate means that by 2070 koalas may no longer call large parts of inland Australia home, researchers have found. Using a detailed ecological…
14 April 2016 • News Griffith launches Green Labs program Griffith Sciences and Griffith Health laboratories are going green. The Green Labs program aims to provide more sustainable practices in laboratory procedures and management. “In…
11 April 2016 • News JCU studies how climate change will affect your diet The great Australian favourite—red meat—may be under threat as climate change continues to hit food-growing areas. And while scientists think kangaroo and seafood could become…
4 April 2016 • News Griffith School of Environment talks about urban greening strategies Our cities are getting hotter, more crowded and noisier. Climate change is bringing more heatwaves, placing pressure on human health, urban amenity, productivity and infrastructure….
8 March 2016 • News Griffith helping to clean up the local environment Griffith University played an important role for the local environment recently with its BeachCare group hosting not one, but two Clean Up Australia Day events….
26 February 2016 • News Griffith asks if ecotourism save threatened species Ecotourism can provide the critical difference between survival and extinction for endangered animals, according to new research from Griffith University. Using population viability modelling, the…