Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
All eyes on koala movements with AI tech in full swing this spring
September is coupled with the arrival of spring, which inspires a flurry of activity in the animal world as breeding season for many different species cranks up a notch. September is also Save The Koala month, which aims to highlight the threats to koalas, including habitat loss, climate change, disease and human activity, contributing to […]
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Human-bird backyard interactions soar during lockdowns
COVID-19 created global appetite to care for feathered friends.
1 No Poverty
Forest regeneration project puts tools in community hands
Griffith works with communities on use of forests and what they want and need from future forests.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Alpine habitat may be more susceptible to bushfire
Findings reveal how Australia’s alpine habitat responds to climate change and bushfires.
13 Climate Action
Funding boost creating a buzz for insect research
A study looking into the effects of climate change on insects within Lamington National Park is set to go international following a funding injection of $470,000.
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.
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.
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
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Researchers get the drop on new frog species
Frog resembling 'bird poo' among new species.
15 Life on Land
Changing landscapes alter disease-scapes: study
Researchers identify how vector-borne diseases in different environments respond to human pressures.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.