Global warming caused by human economic activity is real, and industry must respond, according to one of the world's most senior industrial executives at an international conference co-hosted by UNSW.
Charities and environment groups joined researchers at UNSW this week to discuss one of the biggest challenges of an emissions trading scheme - ensuring fair distribution of the cost of carbon.
A study by a UNSW evolutionary biologist comparing 75 different ecosystems across the planet is revealing new facts about the secret lives of plants and what eats them - and some important lessons about how they will fare with climate change.
Dean of UNSW Engineering Professor Graham Davies has won one of the UK's most prestigious engineering and science awards for leadership in new materials development.
The bite force of a great white shark is the highest known for any living species, according to UNSW research to be published in the Journal of Zoology.
UNSW researchers have claimed an unprecedented six awards in the 2008 Eureka Prizes, the strongest showing by any institution in the 19-year history of the awards.
The Queensland Government's management of floodplains on the environmentally important Paroo River has been called into question in a new study by UNSW researchers.
