Press Releases and Stories

2025

Prof. SU Hui (left) and Prof. WU Mengxi (right), both from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of HKUST, have created a new method that significantly improves accuracy in climate predictions.
News
Climate Change, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ecology and Environment
HKUST Researchers’ Breakthrough Method Reveals Clouds Amplify Global Warming Far More Than Previously Understood
Tropical marine low clouds play a crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate.

2023

News
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

Press Releases
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.

2019

Press Releases
Ocean Science, Research, Ecology and Environment, Environmental Protection
HKUST Researchers Shed Light on Modulation of Thermal Bleaching of Coral Reefs by Internal Waves
An international research team led by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has demonstrated that cooling by internal waves could potentially create thermal refuges for coral reefs, and may help prevent and more accurate predict locations of coral bleaching.