Tagged with Environment

Griffith University ecologists have published a review of the human and biological communities of wadis, arroyos, gulches, washes, and other intermittent flows. In the May issue of ESA’s journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, they contend that dry river ecology is under-researched and under-appreciated. ‘When the River Runs Dry’ is a familiar song in […]

A tripling in BeachCare volunteers, a new partnership with the Gold Coast TAFE and litter pick-ups to help keep the beach clean. These are just some of the many success stories that have developed since the Gold Coast’s Tallebudgera Beach was named the winner of the Keep Australia Clean Beaches Award in May last year. […]

After the big wet, spare a thought for the health of our waterways and the substances that wash into them. This is the call from Professor Peter Pollard from Griffith University’s Australian Rivers Institute, who has been researching the health of our urban creeks and rivers and the role that microbes, such as bacteria, play […]

Hosted by the National Water Commission which has funded the four year research through its Raising National Water Standards Program, the event “Highs and lows of river and wetland health” coincides with International World Water Day on Thursday March 22. The Canberra seminar will feature a research study by ARI’s Professor Angela Arthington which aims […]

Contributing to a sustainable world with the development of hollow power poles has been the goal for Griffith’s Dr Benoit Gilbert and Ian Underhill. The duo from the University’s School of Engineering are celebrating after receiving a $22,000 grant for their groundbreaking forestry research at the Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, […]

Griffith engineering students Micheal Berry and Robert Bartus are celebrating after achieving success at the 2012 International Capstone Design Contest on Renewable Energy Technology in South Korea. The third year Bachelor of Engineering students, who are specialising in civil engineering, took out the runner-up prize for their development of a methodology to measure the environmental […]

Griffith School of Engineering, Senior Lecturer, Dr Sunil Herat delivered the keynote address at ‘The National Forum on E-waste (electronic waste) Management’ in Sri Lanka recently, where he spoke of the growing issue of e-waste and its damaging ramifications for health and the environment, especially in Asian countries. Dr Herat, advisor to the United Nations […]