{"results":[{"title":"Oyster reefs stack up for shoreline protection","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/oyster-reefs-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/oyster-reefs-stack-up-for-shoreline-protection","publisheddate":"2026-04-07","summary":"
Oyster reef living shorelines have been found to provide a resilient and adaptive alternative to conventional hard coastal protection.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Featured"}]},{"title":"Phosphorus spikes linked to ancient marine mass extinctions","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/anticosti-island-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/phosphorus-spikes-linked-to-ancient-marine-mass-extinctions","publisheddate":"2026-04-01","summary":"
Researchers have uncovered new evidence that short-lived spikes in ocean phosphorus may have played a major role in two of the most severe marine extinctions in Earth’s history.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"UWA Geology 3rd Year Laboratory Upgrade Appeal","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2021/geology-card-image.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2022/april/uwa-geology-3rd-year-laboratory-upgrade-appeal","publisheddate":"2026-03-20","summary":"We need your help to raise $500,000 to modernise this laboratory to continue to train geoscience graduates for the changing employment needs of industry and government into the future!","sxaTags":[{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Alumni"},{"title":"Development and Alumni Relations"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"}]},{"title":"UWA key to critical minerals sector","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/hongqi-sun-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/uwa-key-to-critical-minerals-sector","publisheddate":"2026-03-17","summary":"
The University is a key research partner in a new research centre bolstering Australia’s critical minerals refining sector.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Featured"}]},{"title":"Research boosts search for new mineral deposits","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/mineral-field-work-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/february/research-boosts-search-for-new-mineral-deposits","publisheddate":"2026-02-19","summary":"
Western Australian hydrothermal and magmatic deposits that formed several hundred kilometres apart more than two and half billion years ago share more commonalities than previously thought.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"How the myth of ‘aqua nullius’ still guides Australia’s approach to groundwater","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/conversation-groundwater-card-944x522.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/how-the-myth-of-aqua-nullius-still-guides-australias-approach-to-groundwater","publisheddate":"2025-12-18","summary":"
Indigenous groundwater knowledge challenges colonial 'aqua nullius', urging shared governance to protect water, culture and Country amid growing extraction.","sxaTags":[{"title":"CWSS"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Spillover from protected areas helps ecosystems survive","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/native-spillover-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/spillover-from-protected-areas-helps-ecosystems-survive","publisheddate":"2025-12-11","summary":"
Spillovers from protected areas such as national parks and wildlife reserves can play a significant role in boosting biodiversity beyond their boundaries with potential benefits to people through ecosystem services such as climate mitigation, water retention and erosion control.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Centres tackling challenges faced by society, environment and industry","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/arc-centres-2025-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/centres-tackling-challenges-faced-by-society-environment-and-industry","publisheddate":"2025-12-11","summary":"
New research centres that bring together leading experts to tackle ocean sustainability, transform prisoner reintegration, study human origins, build security and trust in the quantum era and develop renewable fuels have received Federal funding.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Chemical Engineering"},{"title":"Cyber security"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Centre for Social Impact"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"Funding to drive a cleaner, greener and more sustainable future","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/discovery-grants-2025-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/funding-to-drive-a-cleaner-greener-and-more-sustainable-future","publisheddate":"2025-12-02","summary":"
Research projects to enhance mineral exploration, improve disease resistance in canola, boost respiration efficiency in plants, transform pyrochemical processes and develop complex AI systems, were among those to receive funding from the Federal Government.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Funding help to channel new discoveries","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/discovery-scheme-2025-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/november/funding-help-to-channel-new-discoveries","publisheddate":"2025-11-03","summary":"
Projects to boost renewable energy, mitigate climate change, advance mathematics, enhance operational efficiency and technology, assist reproduction, and advance food sustainability and conservation have been awarded Federal Government funding.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Environmental Engineering"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Graduate School"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]}]}