13 Climate Action
Alternative tidal wetlands in plain sight overlooked Blue Carbon superstars
Study highlights increasing opportunities for conservation, restoration and improved management of wetlands.
14 Life Below Water
Floating algae a raft for juvenile pelagic fish
Floating macroalgal acts as a raft that provides habitat for a diverse array of juvenile oceanic fish
10 Reduced Inequalities
Protecting high value water sources in central Queensland
Griffith University researchers are taking a novel approach to understanding and protecting water sources in central Queensland’s Great Artesian Basin
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Griffith-led CRC attracts $140 million to tackle plastic waste
Griffith's first CRC to unite industry, government and research to enhance plastics value chain.
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Griffith University achieves a stellar outcome for its sustainability efforts
Griffith University has been ranked 40th globally in the QS Sustainability Ranking 2024, including 2nd in Queensland overall, and 7th in Australia.
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Translating global theories of change into tangible steps for conservation of ecosystems
Developing a framework for global ‘theories of change’ that coordinate local and global actions to secure a future where humans live in harmony with nature
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Living within safe & just Earth System Boundaries for blue water
Can basic human water needs be met without exceeding safe and just Earth System Boundaries (ESB) for surface and groundwater (blue water), defined to protect people and planet?
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Surfers’ mental health creates US$1 trillion economic wave
Study calculates large-scale economic value of mental health benefits of recreational surfing.
13 Climate Action
Pollutants may mimic female sex hormones, feminizing endangered green sea turtles
A Griffith-led study on the influence of pollution on the sex ratio of clutches of green sea turtles has found that it may compound the female-biasing influence of rising global temperatures
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Traditional owners take the lead safeguarding fresh & marine waterways
A collaboration between Griffith University and the Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation is training groups of Traditional owners to take the lead monitoring and safeguarding fresh & marine waterways in the Gulf of Carpentaria
10 Reduced Inequalities
Climate-induced loss is impeding human rights in the Pacific
Climate change is impeding the human rights of a large group of people living in the Pacific, a recent report in Nature reveals.
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Understanding a river’s history is key to predicting its response
A new Griffith study has developed a metric to describe the relationship between flow and water quality to understand the response of waterways to flood events
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Green & Blue by ’32 – restoring catchments & rivers in SEQ for the 2032 Olympics
Can we turn our catchments and cities green, and make our waterways blue by 2032, and if so, how?
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Bit by bit microplastics from tyres are polluting our waterways
Particles from tyre wear were found to be the most prevalent microplastic in urban stormwater
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Surfers, artists, leaders explore climate impacts at SWELL
Event asks what the future holds for coastal communities and much-loved beaches.
1 No Poverty
Griffith selected to host 2023 UN Millennium Fellowship Class
Griffith University is one of two Australian universities selected to host a United Nations (UN) 2023 Millennium Fellowship Class (MFC), designed to foster student-led projects which support Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Is flood pollution causing turtle strandings? Griffith researchers look for answers in cell response
Researchers at the Australian Rivers Institute are investigating the role chemical pollution had in green turtle strandings on the Fraser Coast following flooding in early 2022.
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Plastics are breaking up not down in lakes worldwide
For the first time plastics have been assessed in lakes across the world, with some found to be worse impacted than oceans