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How crowdshipping reduces the impacts of millions of deliveries
2 Aug

Is crowdshipping the the answer to reducing the environmental impact of millions of online shopping deliveries?

Marine Iguana
Global lessons across our largest ocean
7 Jun

UniSC research here and in the Galápagos is answering some of the world’s most pressing environmental issues, with a focus on rare and threatened marine life found at opposite ends of the ocean.

Can we sustainably harvest trees from tropical forests? Yes – here are 5 ways to do it better
4 Dec 2023

Managed well, tropical forests can be a sustainable source of timber, Professor Francis E Putz and Dr Claudia Romero write for The Conversation.

Living in a bubble? (Then it is probably NOT a biosphere)
26 Oct 2023

To be clear, a biodome is NOT a biosphere, Dr Gregor Mews writes

Parasitic wasp among new insect species found in Qld
8 Mar 2023

A Sunshine Coast school will help taxonomists name a wasp species new to western science after its students caught the insect as part of a tri-state project to uncover more of Australia’s biodiversity, says UniSC entomologist Dr Andy Howe.

‘Only place in the world’ with three biospheres side-by-side
2 Nov 2022

Queensland houses the only stretch of three continuous UNESCO Biosphere Reserves out of the five in Australia and more than 700 in the world – and all are UniSC campus locations.