18003 /news/t/environment-sustainability en 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 ¶¶Òõapp¹ÙÍø showing a 20 per cent increase in heatwave-related deaths </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, ¶¶Òõapp¹ÙÍø researchers 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 ¶¶Òõapp¹ÙÍø team 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 First IVF kangaroo embryo a major leap for marsupial conservation /news/article/2025/02/first-ivf-kangaroo-embryo-major-leap-marsupial-conservation <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 ¶¶Òõapp¹ÙÍø-led team has successfully produced the first kangaroo embryos through in vitro fertilisation (IVF), a crucial jump towards saving other marsupial species from extinc</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="2025-02-06T06:00:00+10:00">6 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Tue, 04 Feb 2025 01:31:51 +0000 uqmbolt2 136714 at /news Moment in the sun: why greenspace planning is key to better health /news/article/2025/01/moment-sun-why-greenspace-planning-key-better-health <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">¶¶Òõapp¹ÙÍø researchers are shining a light on the link between greenspace exposure and better health in the hope of influencing future urban greening policies.</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="2025-01-23T06:00:00+10:00">23 January 2025</span></div></div></div> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 06:33:36 +0000 uqmjon20 136688 at /news Research reveals bill to recover Australia's threatened species /news/article/2024/12/research-reveals-bill-recover-australias-threatened-species <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The full cost of recovering all of Australia’s threatened animals and plants has been calculated for the first time. </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="2025-01-07T09:00:00+10:00">7 January 2025</span></div></div></div> Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:18:30 +0000 uqnroock 136573 at /news Monarch butterflies are in decline in NZ and Australia – they need your help to track where they gather /news/article/2025/01/monarch-butterflies-are-decline-nz-and-australia-%E2%80%93-they-need-your-help-track-where <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Monarch butterflies appear to be declining not just in North America but also in Australasia.</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="2025-01-03T10:45:00+10:00">3 January 2025</span></div></div></div> Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:27:13 +0000 uqkkyria 136608 at /news