A researcher in PPE doing field work with a possum. The possum is looking out from a hollow log.

Environment and sustainability

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A collage Australia's parliament house, Australian currency and UQ's Great Court cloisters. Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers is in the foreground.
Feature

Federal budget 2026: UQ experts available

11 May 2026
an aerial view of a forest with an adjacent area of bare earth and a town on the coast

Biodiversity costs of clean energy’s nickel rush modelled in global study

7 May 2026
A plate of unfinished food is scraped into a garbage bin.

Research from real kitchens the key to stopping food waste

29 April 2026
a blue tray holding narrow glass tubes with one grassy plant growing out of each of them

Future food needs new underground strategy

17 April 2026
Crops in the Brassicaceae family had strong ‘phytomining’ potential

Leafy vegetables identified as potential metal mining tools

13 April 2026
Early morning traffic on the Riverside Expressway in Brisbane
Analysis

Should the government encourage people to work from home to save fuel?

8 April 2026
A map of Australia showing the varying levels of ecosystem disturbance.

Map shows scale of ecosystem disturbance across Australia

2 April 2026
a clump of four cream flowers with thin and spiky long petals

Quantity not quality: Australia’s conservation expansion is failing biodiversity

24 March 2026
Traffic in Brisbane at night

Car-free trial reveals Brisbane living ‘too hard’ without a private vehicle

23 March 2026
two hands hold a small plant

Empowering women boosts conservation success

9 March 2026