Internationally-respected University of Queensland marine expert Professor Peter Mumby has been appointed to the key role of Chief Scientist with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
Broken and dead coral will be recycled to help protect and grow the Great Barrier Reef in a collaborative project involving the University of Queensland researchers.
A study by University of Queensland researchers has found the amount of algae on a coral reef is influenced by interaction between light and temperature, as well as by human impacts.
A study has revealed the diet of green turtles is more complex than previously thought, providing insights which could influence conservation and management strategies.
Researchers have warned a frenzied race to reach total land area conservation protection targets used by policymakers may in fact risk short-changing the underlying goal of conservation.
The death of coral reefs is a more significant factor in the erosion of tropical coastlines than rising sea levels, an international study has revealed.
Sea level variations on the Great Barrier Reef linked to global temperature changes thousands of years ago may help predict future changes, a University of Queensland study has revealed.
The degradation of coral reefs might have short-term benefits for some fish groups, but would be bad for fisheries long term, according to a University of Queensland-led study.
