A global library - full of hailstones instead of books - is helping researchers better understand and predict damaging storms⛈️ 🔗 stories.uq.edu.au/news/2024/hail… UQ Science Joshua Soderholm Penn State Yuzhu Lin

A massive congrats to #UQSkills graduate Lizzie Scott, who is headed to the state finals after winning the Equity Student of the Year award at the Queensland Training Awards for the Darling Downs South West Region. 🥳🎉 More: tinyurl.com/3xnxfxc9

Australia’s environmental laws need urgent overhaul. #UQ's Prof Martine Maron and colleagues list three easy steps that could improve environment reforms and start achieving genuine improvements for nature. 🔗@conversationedu theconversation.com/australias-nat…

#UQ environmental science student Mouri Rahman is conducting a survey of UQ STEM students to explore gender biases within the Australian energy sector. If that's you, you can contribute to the research by filling out the survey here: uniofqueensland.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bf…

#UQ Honorary Senior Research Fellow Joshua Soderholm explains how a global hailstone library - collecting data from natural hailstone shapes - is set to improve extreme weather forecasting ⛈️ UQ Science Penn State Yuzhu Lin

Australia’s environmental laws are failing to stop high rates of tree clearing to make way for agriculture, development and mining, new research from #UQ's Prof. Martine Maron and PhD candidate Hannah Thomas has found. More: tinyurl.com/y3rp4xde

A big congratulations to #UQ's Dr Vilim Filipović, who was recently award the CRC TiME Outstanding Research Communication award, which recognises excellence in science communication and facilitating the use of research. 🎉🥳 More: tinyurl.com/sav6354

Congratulations to #UQ agribusiness and agricultural science student, Piper Christensen, who has been awarded the Pacific Seeds Scholarship for 2024. More: tinyurl.com/4yhxkn2e

International authorities are issuing warnings about “sloth fever”. It's not contracted via contact with sloths, but by blood-feeding insects, particularly biting midges and mosquitoes. #UQ's Dr Andrew van den Hurk explains via @conversationedu theconversation.com/what-is-sloth-…

A report recently released by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority confirms what scientists have long known: humanity is killing the Great Barrier Reef. #UQ's Prof Ove Hoegh-Guldberg discusses what needs to be done. @UQScience 🔗@conversationedu brnw.ch/21wM4i0

Dr Yang Liu is using data from #Arabidopsis, a model plant, to improve phenotypic predictability. This work is inspiring further investigation into the causes and consequences of evolutionary forces. Yang is a Postdoc at Australian Research Council CoE Plant Success and QLD Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation UQ Science 🌱🖥️

Congratulations to #UQ's Dr Kayvan Etebari, who has been appointed a QLD Biosecurity Mates Ambassador. With the role, he aims to promote strong collaborations between academia, industry, and government to increase biosecurity efforts across AUS. More:tinyurl.com/ev94dmdu

Late August marks not only the end of winter, but the start of swoop season. From noisy miners to magpies and pied butcher birds, #UQ's Prof Bob Doneley provides some tips to protect you against swooping. brnw.ch/21wMdK0

We are proud to have the University of Queensland (UQ News) as our Diversity and Inclusion Partner for #ShineDome24. They have helped remove barriers for attendees by providing grants for caring responsibilities, accessibility and childminding. Learn more:

Don't miss out on this upcoming TERN seminar later this week, exploring the impact of modelling biodiversity changes!

Do tourists visiting the Great Barrier Reef want to learn more about climate change? Research by @UQScience's Dr Yolanda Waters has revealed that educating visitors about climate change impacts makes for a positive tourism experience. 🔗 brnw.ch/21wMhMA 📸 Yolanda Waters

What is eastern equine encephalitis? How is it spread? And is it a problem for Australia? #UQ's Dr Andrew van den Hurk explains what you need to know about the rare but potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease. UQ Science brnw.ch/21wMjUs

Dept of Zoology Edinburgh University Thomas Ezard OceanEarthUniSoton Marsh Charitable Trust Prof Nathalie Seddon, Oxford University of Oxford Nature-based Solutions Initiative @UniofOxford Oxford Biology Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery Miguel Bastos Araújo Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK Branch) FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia OIST Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Dr. Maria Fungomeli National Museums of Kenya James T. Stroud Georgia Tech Patrick Kirwan Irish Schools Sustainability Network This year's Equality and Diversity Champion is Tatsuya Amano Tatsuya Amano of the translatE project at UQ Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science. This award honours and celebrates those who have made outstanding contributions to enhancing the practice of equality and diversity in the ecological community.

A big congratulations to Dr Tatsuya Amano, who has been named the British Ecological Society Equality and Diversity Champion! 🥳🎉 More: tinyurl.com/3enzb77w UQ News UQ Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science

Teams of researchers from #UQ working on pioneering melanoma imaging and preventing deadly infections, along with a science engagement team, have won prestigious 2024 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. 🏆🎉👏 More: tinyurl.com/4tf7bucz Australian Museum