18003 /news/t/environment-sustainability en Sites needed to trial tactics for troublesome weed /news/article/2025/03/sites-needed-trial-tactics-troublesome-weed <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">New sites for field trials of a ·èÂíÐãÊÓƵstrategy to combat Phalaris are needed in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-03-27T06:00:00+10:00">27 March 2025</span></div></div></div> Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:05:57 +0000 uqnroock 136988 at /news Transforming tourism: a simple solution to tackling hotel emissions /news/article/2025/03/transforming-tourism-simple-solution-tackling-hotel-emissions <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Travellers could ‘opt in’ for a lower emissions hotel room and go without single-use shampoo and conditioner, daily towels or room cleaning in an innovative plan by ·èÂíÐãÊÓƵre</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-03-25T06:00:00+10:00">25 March 2025</span></div></div></div> Fri, 21 Mar 2025 03:50:11 +0000 uqehalli 136976 at /news SEQ koalas offer species survival hope with unique immunity /news/article/2025/03/seq-koalas-offer-species-survival-hope-unique-immunity <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Koalas from a population north of the Brisbane River have evolved a unique genomic immunity to the killer retrovirus threatening their species.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-03-13T11:15:00+10:00">13 March 2025</span></div></div></div> Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:21:37 +0000 uqgblock 136939 at /news Dozens of 3-toed dinosaurs leave their mark in Queensland /news/article/2025/02/dozens-of-3-toed-dinosaurs-leave-their-mark-queensland <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A ·èÂíÐãÊÓƵresearcher has confirmed a boulder at a regional school contains one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur footprints per square metre ever documented in Austral</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-03-12T06:00:00+10:00">12 March 2025</span></div></div></div> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 05:16:43 +0000 uqnroock 136908 at /news Cardboard panels offer lightweight, sustainable solution for temporary housing /news/article/2025/02/cardboard-panels-offer-lightweight-sustainable-solution-temporary-housing <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Temporary housing for people displaced by natural disasters could become cheaper, lighter and more sustainable with innovative new timber-cardboard construction panels de</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-19T08:00:00+10:00">19 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Tue, 18 Feb 2025 04:01:31 +0000 uqgblock 136830 at /news Heatwave mortality studies reveal climate change impacts and risk for cities /news/article/2025/01/heatwave-mortality-studies-reveal-climate-change-impacts-and-risk-cities <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Mortality rates during heatwaves have been put in the spotlight with research from ·èÂíÐãÊÓƵshowing a 20 per cent increase in heatwave-related deaths due to human-induced clima</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-18T06:00:00+10:00">18 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Thu, 30 Jan 2025 06:10:42 +0000 uqdcla21 136709 at /news Fish & chips shouldn’t come with a catch: How Australia can keep illegal seafood off our plates /news/article/2025/02/fish-chips-shouldn%E2%80%99t-come-catch-how-australia-can-keep-illegal-seafood-our%C2%A0plates <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">When it comes to trade in seafood, ·èÂíÐãÊÓƵresearchers say Australia&#039;s border is like a net full of holes.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-18T05:15:00+10:00">18 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Tue, 18 Feb 2025 01:51:22 +0000 uqnroock 136828 at /news Study reveals rainforest tree tactics for different climates /news/article/2025/02/study-reveals-rainforest-tree-tactics-different-climates <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A ·èÂíÐãÊÓƵteam has completed one of the most comprehensive surveys of Australia’s subtropical rainforests to document how climate dictates what species thrive in different loc</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-17T06:30:00+10:00">17 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Fri, 14 Feb 2025 04:43:41 +0000 uqmbolt2 136820 at /news Hot crocs show impacts of a warming climate /news/article/2025/02/hot-crocs-show-impacts-of-warming-climate <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Crocodiles in northern Australia are heating up as the climate warms, with higher body temperatures changing their behaviour.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-13T17:00:00+10:00">13 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 01:48:49 +0000 uqnroock 136781 at /news Where should we look for new metals that are critical for green energy technology? Volcanoes may point the way /news/article/2025/02/where-should-we-look-new-metals-are-critical-green-energy-technology-volcanoes-may <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Research on Australian volcanoes shows how tiny crystals formed inside volcanoes offer clues about the formation of rare earth deposits and how we can find more of them.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-11T14:00:00+10:00">11 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Tue, 11 Feb 2025 03:54:42 +0000 uqmbolt2 136795 at /news