As climate change ramps up, extreme weather proliferates and trust in authorities declines, large natural disasters around the world are triggering a wave of conspiracy theorising

University of the Sunshine Coast academics from multiple fields of expertise are available to comment on ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred and its ongoing impacts.

Cyclone Alfred has caused significant beach damage in southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales, but fortunately, most of the sand is now offshore, and beaches will naturally recover.

As the clean-up begins after heavy rain and flooding, South East Queenslanders need to aware of melioidosis and the risk it poses to human and animals, warns UniSC microbiologist Associate Professor Erin Price

As Tropical Cyclone Alfred whips up sea foam along the coastline from South East Queensland to northern New South Wales, a UniSC microbiologist warns these “bacteria smoothies” may have more harmful pathogens than a sewage treatment plant

Associate Professor of Geospatial Analysis Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava explains how scientists track cyclones and make predictions about when and where they will hit

Women’s health has been dangerously overlooked in science for too long—now, just as research is catching up, efforts to erase gender from studies threaten to set progress back

The role of hormones and how weight and menstruation is linked, Associate Professor in Physiology Mia Schaumberg and PhD Candidate in Women's Health Laura Pernoud, write for The Conversation

Building has begun this week on a University of the Sunshine Coast-led research and rehabilitation centre dedicated to saving sick and injured marine turtles.  

As South East Queensland prepares for a possible first cyclone landfall in 50 years, two University of the Sunshine Coast researchers provide expertise on the coastal damage it could cause and how satellites are tracking it