Research highlights
An exhaustive global analysis of rainfall and rivers shows signs of a radical shift in streamflow patterns, with more intense flooding in cities and smaller catchments coupled with a drier countryside... Read more
The world’s most extensive study of a major storm front striking the coast has revealed a previously unrecognised danger from climate change: as storm patterns fluctuate, waterfront areas once thought safe are likely to be hammered and damaged as never before... Read more
The maths behind future proffing our water resouces. A/Prof Lucy Marshall and her research team are exploring Approximate Bayesian Computation... Read more
The ‘unbuilt’ environment – Nature – has been seen for long decades as either bountiful resource or unwilling victim to the march of the hard hatted army by civil engineers. Instead of always ‘moving forward’, can we enact a kind of return, a return to the genius of natural systems to heal our ailing planet?.. Read more
An internationally acclaimed expert in the fields of integrated sustainability and carbon footprint analysis, Associate Professor Tommy Wiedmann has a sobering message for our cities.. Read more
Researchers work on developing clean-up technologies for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in our water supplies.. Read more
The Centre for Transformational Environmental Technology is UNSW’s first research base outside of Australia and will be a hub for the large-scale translation of UNSW environmental research into industrial application in China... Read more
