Western Australian researchers have develop a new model to help estimate nearshore ocean temperatures in near real-time for marine protected areas (MPAs), writes Carys Garland from Science Network WA. Read the full story here.
Jellyfish have become the deep-sea monsters of the climate change era, embodying our fears that the warming oceans will spawn increasingly massive swarms of a sinister faceless alien, writes Yahoo News. Read the full story here.
The Arctic ice sheet has shrunk so much that National Geographic is having to make what it calls “drastic” changes to its atlas, writes TIME. Read the full story here.
Aquariums and zoos in the U.S. are promoting climate change awareness and reducing their own carbon footprint, as posted on National Geographic news.
NSW fishers: can you ID the fish shown here? FISHO writer Mark Williams was out in his Hobie fishing for flathead on Lake Macquarie when he caught an unusual fish he hadn't seen before, writes Fishing World.
And the winners of the 2014 Redmap video competition are.....
Two young loggerhead turtles have been released back into the ocean at Coral Bay after they were found fighting for their lives on a beach 1,200 kilometres away, writes ABC news. Read the full story about the turtles, dubbed Jack and Sam, brought south by the strong Leeuwin current in WA.
'Citizen science' is a terrible and vague term for such a great idea, argues David Lang in Wired. Read the article here.
Researchers at the Department of Fisheries, Curtin University and the Western Australian Museum are asking divers in the Cape Naturaliste to Cape Leeuwin area to report any sightings of two damselfish: scissortail sergeant (Abudefduf sexfasciatus) and the Indo-Pacific sergeant (A. vaigiensis).
Are you planning on being on or in the ocean on June 8? If so, you can participate in eOceans Day! Simply report your marine observations to one of the many citizen science programs that are available - including Redmap if you see something unusual for a given area. Read on...
