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…
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…
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….
14 March 2016 • News Griffith climate change expert presents at World Science Festival Brisbane Griffith climate change expert Brendan Mackey recently headlined the World Science Festival Brisbane as part of a panel discussion about ways to save Australia’s iconic…
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…
26 January 2016 • News Natural born killers: is warfare in our bones? Skeletal remains of a group of hunter-gatherers massacred around 10,000 years ago are raising questions about humankind’s propensity for warfare. The fossilised bones of the…
8 December 2015 • News Master of Environment at Griffith University The Master of Environment at Griffith University provides training for people who wish to help to make society more sustainable. It also provides opportunities for…
26 October 2015 • News Loss of ocean predators impacts climate change Continued unsustainable harvesting of large predatory fish, including the culling of sharks, can have far-reaching consequences for the way we tackle climate change. Professor Rod…