With the future of coral reefs threatened now more than ever, researchers have announced the release of a new global database that enables scientists and…

Humans are changing the ‘landscape of fear’ in oceans in many more ways that previously thought, and the effects of these changes can ripple through…

The Master of Development Practice program at JCU allows students to learn the skills and knowledge to tackle the global challenges of poverty, health, conservation,…

The landmark State of the Tropics project is in the running for a prestigious sustainability prize, emerging as a finalist for one of the coveted…

James Cook University and Greening Australia have joined forces to tackle some of tropical Australia’s most challenging environmental problems. For more than 30 years, Greening…

The levels of Co2 forecast for 2050 has been shown to deplete the nutritional quality of major food crops, an international research team featuring academics…

Koalas can become stressed by noisy and up-close encounters with human visitors, a University of Melbourne study has determined. The koala is a much-loved Australian…

The University of Melbourne will strengthen its teaching and research in Agriculture and consolidate its courses in Geography, Resource Management and Forestry through proposed changes…

Old trees contribute more to carbon storage than previously thought in a new international study that included researchers from the University of Melbourne. The study…

A University of Queensland researcher’s work has been ranked 11th in a listing of the world’s top 100 most talked about academic papers of 2013. Global…