News: climate change
Symposium grows urban mini forest knowledge
The Miyawaki Miniforest movement, which connects biodiversity and community, will be the focus of a two-day symposium that brings together experts from across the world.
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Soil carbon increases under cover crops
Planting cover crops directly underneath grapevines can help mitigate the effects of climate change and improve land sustainability, research conducted by the University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø has found.
Tropical fish all at sea
Tropical fish have changed their behaviour as they and other marine animals and micro-organisms - including coral - move south down the east coast of Australia at an alarming rate into more temperate waters off Sydney and Newcastle as a result of warming and climate change.Â
University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø mathematician receives 2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award
Dr Jordan Pitt from the University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù꿉۪s School of Mathematical Sciences has been recognised with a 2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award.
Roadmap for a better, greener, marine aquaculture sector
It’s one of the world’s fastest growing food industries and, with the introduction of some new strategies investigated by researchers at the University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø and The Nature Conservancy, marine aquaculture could soon be one of its greenest.
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Solving the disappearance of bears and lions with ancient DNA
An international team of researchers led by the University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø, suggest a change in climate is the likely cause of the mysterious disappearance of ancient lions and bears from parts of North America for a thousand years or more prior to the last Ice Age.
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Australian and UK universities to bridge the international divide and tackle global challenges together
Academics in Australia and the UK are joining forces as part of a major new international partnership that will see them collaborating on solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges including global food security, climate change and health.
Ocean acidification and warming disrupts fish shoals
Researchers from the University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø have found that the way fish interact in groups is being upset by ocean acidification and global warming.
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Flawed climate change targets miss the mark
According to new research from the University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø the 2050 target to reduce climate change emissions is too little and too late.
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Project models ammonia fertiliser supply chain impact
Two models of the supply chain of green fertiliser from producers to farms is the focus of a project by University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø students. Their models show emissions caused by the supply chain and highlight that fertiliser must be manufactured closer to where it is consumed.
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