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 […]
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10 Reduced Inequalities

New York and Dubai await Griffith Global Voices Fellows

Two Griffith University students are the only Queenslanders among 15 Australian delegates chosen to participate in the 2023 Global Voices Fellowship.
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Griffith Sciences

What’s new, pussycat? The benefits of a vegan cat food, that’s what

Results revealed decreases in vet visits, medication use, health disorders and severe illnesses after feline participants were fed a vegan diet for one year. 
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Alumni

Three awards for Griffith at the AFR Higher Education Awards

Griffith University is in the spotlight after winning three of seven categories at the 2023 Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards.
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Corporate

Griffith embarking on plan to recruit 100 new academics

As Griffith prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2025, the institution is looking ahead with an ambitious plan to recruit 100 new academics.
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Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Human-bird backyard interactions soar during lockdowns

COVID-19 created global appetite to care for feathered friends.
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10 Reduced Inequalities

Griffith Open Day 2023 promises to ignite your ambition

Griffith University will inspire future students to imagine their future and ‘make it matter’ as it rolls out the red carpet for an expected turnout of more than 6,000 at Open Day 2023, Sunday 13 August.
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Griffith Sciences

Summit unites renowned global scientists on GC

Event hosts global marine and environmental scientists to present latest scientific findings and foster future research collaborations.
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11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Challenges & knowledge gaps with nutrient offsetting

New Griffith-led research outlines how nutrient offsetting can achieve its potential as a more cost-effective way of improving water quality
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Coastal and Marine Research Centre

Whales not to be counted on as ‘climate savers’: study

Researchers say potential carbon capture by whales is too little to alter course of climate change. 
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1 No Poverty

A just world on a safe planet: quantifying Earth System Boundaries

Griffith researchers collaborated on new study that shows humans are taking colossal risks with the future of civilization and everything that lives on Earth.
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1 No Poverty

Social networks the key to water management & sanitation in the Pacific

A Griffith-led study has found traditional and digital social networks are key to improving community water management & sanitation in the Pacific
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Coastal and Marine Research Centre

Whales stop by GC for day spa fix with full body scrubs

Whales observed rolling in up to 49m water depth on the sea floor lined with fine sand or rubble.  
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Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution

Got milk? The ancient Tibetans did, according to study

Study finds dairying began on the Tibetan plateau by ~3500 years ago and supported expansion into non-farmable highlands.
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Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Researchers get the drop on new frog species

Frog resembling 'bird poo' among new species.
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Coastal and Marine Research Centre

Voyage into sub-zero temps yields rare data capture for whale scientist

Griffith whale expert's Antarctica journey yeilds better understanding on climate impacts on whales.  
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Australian Rivers Institute

Oysters back from the brink thanks to novel restoration 

Restoration effort attracts 3 million news oysters and 4.5 million aquatic animals to region.
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10 Reduced Inequalities

Survival of the hottest: Lessons from sweltering Birdsville 

How will we cope as the summers get longer and hotter? Who will suffer the most? How will we find solutions? Following the launch of the Climate Justice Observatory, Professor Susan Harris Rimmer travelled to Birdsville to listen and learn about how the community experiences heat and adapts to heat in rural areas.
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