Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Project investigates migrating humpbacks in busy bay

Researchers, government and stakeholders take proactive approach to understand the behaviour of whales in Moreton Bay.
Published
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Scientists call for chemical pollution monitoring in Antarctica to support global chemical policy

Research highlights chemical pollution monitoring frameworks lacking in Antarctic and Southern Ocean region.
Published
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Bushfire fighting chemicals extinguish frog development

A new Griffith study has found that bushfire fighting chemicals commonly marketed as environmentally friendly can severely affect frog development
Published
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Researchers get the drop on new frog species

Frog resembling 'bird poo' among new species.
Published
15 Life on Land

Changing landscapes alter disease-scapes: study

Researchers identify how vector-borne diseases in different environments respond to human pressures. 
Published
10 Reduced Inequalities

Earth’s poorest pay highest price for human-wildlife conflict

Research finds individuals farming with cattle in developing countries up to 8 times more vulnerable than those in developed economies.
Published
Centre for Environment and Population Health

Terri Butler brought in to bat for Griffith’s Climate Ready Initiative

Former Federal MP, Terri Butler has joined Griffith’s Climate Ready Initiative (CRI) board, putting her sharp political faculties toward climate readiness and resilience.  
Published
Biodiversity

World-first innovation accelerates process to safeguard environment and wildlife

World-first data analysis platform, EcoCommons has been launched, transforming our ability to understand the impacts of the climate crisis on Australia’s environment and native species.
Published
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Climate and human-driven habitat destruction alter bat behaviour and increase Hendra virus spillover risk

Data spanning 25 years explores impacts climate and land-use change have on bat behaviour and Hendra spillover.
Published
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Study highlights overlooked hotspot of frog diversity

New Guinea home to around 7% of the world’s frogs in less than 1% of the world’s land area.
Published
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

20-year insect research to investigate the buzz around climate change

Griffith University researchers will head to Lamington National Park to recreate a 20-year-old study investigating the effects of climate change on insects.
Published
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

‘Stealth privatisation’ in national parks threatens mental health boosts

Research shows productivity gains of up to 11% for people who visit protected parks in Australia at least once a month.
Published
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Decreasing backyard bird diversity flies under the radar

'Common' Aussie bird species experiencing declines in prevalence in urban areas.
Published
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Elephant tweets highlight divide on conservation issues

Social media analysis highlights major threats to elephant conservation overshadowed.
Published
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Bat urine reveals extended range for new Hendra virus variant

Griffith University researchers have discovered a new Hendra virus variant that may pass to horses and humans much more widely across Australia than previously known.
Published
Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution

Ancient hand grenades: explosive weapons in medieval Jerusalem during Crusades

New analysis of residue reveals 11th-12th century ceramic vessels contained explosive material.
Published
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

On the countdown: citizen scientists fight to save species

Citizens join scientists to survey South-Eastern Glossy Black Cockatoos following 2019/2020 bushfires.
Published
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Why COP26 fell so far short of expectations

Griffith University academics unpacked what was achieved at the Glasgow climate change summit and whether COP26 was failure.
Published