Tagged with Natural and Built Environment

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 […]

Having operated since 1984 the program enables Year 11 and 12 students to experience a wide variety of science in labs on university campuses and in other research or science-driven industry environments. The program selects around 450 students from around 2000 applicants each year who are invited to attend a 12 day science immersion program […]

A Griffith PhD student is visiting the idyllic villages of Fiji and the Solomon Islands to see how environmental tourism can boost the developing island nations. Funded by charitable trust Nature Fiji, Rochelle Steven from Griffith’s School of Environment has been offered the chance to fly to Fiji where she will be undertaking a feasibility […]

No-fishing zones implemented to protect the Moreton Bay ecosystem have proven their worth in light of last year’s flooding however the coral reefs and seagrass habitats are still at risk. This is according to ongoing research by scientists at Griffith University’s Australian Rivers Institute. In partnership with the Department of Environment and Resource Management, flood […]

Twenty years of analytical science has paid off for a Griffith University professor as he is awarded the 2011 Lloyd Smythe Medal for Analytical Chemistry. The prestigious medal, awarded by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute(RACI), is for excellence in pure or applied scientific work in Australia that involves substantial analytical chemistry and for service to […]

Marine reserves located in areas where mangroves and reefs are close together help to successfully increase fish numbers. This is according to an extensive study by scientists at the Australian Rivers Institute which has shown that connectivity between coral reefs and mangroves can improve the performance of marine reserves(green zones) in the Moreton Bay Marine […]