Press Releases and Stories

2025

HKUST Partners with France on Pioneering Sustainability Research Exchange
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International, Internationalization and Partnership, Innovation, Sustainability, Marine Life, Ocean Science, GEGCA
HKUST Partners with France on Pioneering Sustainability Research Exchange

2023

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Sustainability, Marine Life, Alumni
Having A Whale of a Time Preserving Underwater Life
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Marine Life, Ocean Science, Climate Change, Ecology and Environment
Fathoming the Hidden Heatwaves that Threaten Coral Reefs
    In April to May 2019, the coral reefs near the French Polynesian island of Moorea in the central South Pacific Ocean suffered severe and prolonged thermal bleaching.

2021

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Research, Marine Life, Genetics
Research jointly led by HKUST and HKBU Unlock Biogeographical Secrets of Deep-sea Limpets
Researchers from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have decoded for the first time the demographic history, genetic structure, and population connectivity of a deep-sea limpet widely distributed in vent and seep ecosystems in the No
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Ocean Science, Marine Life, Environment
HKUST Research Shows Growing Dominance of Diatom Algae in the Pearl River Estuary
It is a common perception that waters close to population would be more polluted than those offshore or at higher latitudes.
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Ocean Science, Marine Life, Ecology and Environment, Biology
HKUST Researchers Unlock Genomic Secrets of Gutless Deep-sea Tubeworm
HKUST researchers have unravelled the genomic riddles of the tubeworms that thrive deep in the ocean, paving the way for previously unthinkable biological applications.
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Ocean Science, Marine Life, Research, Biology
HKUST decodes a deep-sea vent-endemic snail hologenome and unveils its living strategies in the extreme environment
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Ocean Science, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Pollution, Marine Life
Smart Fish Guards Ocean from Plastics
A robotic fish collects microplastics samples to help alleviating marine pollution