New research has found that sharks play an important role in preventing climate change, warning that overfishing and culling sharks is resulting in more carbon being released from the seafloor. Read the full story at ABC News.
Citizen science, as you know, is sweeping the world in many fields; astronomy, climate, even cancer monitoring. Now you can have a go at spotting fossils in one of the prime sites in Africa where so many of our ancestors have been discovered. It's led by the renowned Louise Leakey in Kenya, along with Dr Randolph Donahue and others at Bradford. Randolph’s team at Bradford University has taken aerial photographs of …
Researchers have used radiocarbon measured in deep-sea fossil corals to shed light on carbon dioxide levels during Earth's last deglaciation. Fossil corals have the unique advantage that they can be precisely dated by radiometric uranium-series dating, giving an age scale that can be directly compared to the ice core records. Read the full story at Science Daily.
The Great Southern region’s underwater video technology and powerful citizen science projects were on display this National Science Week. Read more at Science Network WA.
Since they arrived on the scene nearly 85 million years ago, crocodiles and their relatives have often suffered when things got cool or sea levels fluctuated. The changing climatic conditions cause scores of species to go extinct. So with the world warming up, could this be a renaissance for crocodiles, reptiles that date back to the time of the dinosaurs? Read the full story at CBS News.
Aboriginal society has preserved memories of Australia's coastline dating back more than 7,000 years. Read the full story in Science Daily.
"I don't know what you would call it other than catastrophic," says Drew Harvell, a biologist at Cornell University, describing what is widely regarded as one of the worst marine disease events ever recorded. "It's staggering, really, the millions of stars that have died. It is not apocalyptic or extreme to say that." Read the full story in Discovery Channel News.
Everyday Australians are at the forefront of discovery, thanks to a variety of inspiring, home-grown science projects. Read more at Australian Geographic.
Scientists and fishermen have reported more unusual species in Alaska waters, likely because of warming sea surface temperatures. Meanwhile, an Alaska research organization has created an online clearinghouse of all the news and research related to the anomaly called The Blob. Read more at Alaskan Public Media.
The Women Divers Hall of Fame™ honours and raises awareness of the contributions of outstanding women divers. WDHOF provides educational, mentorship, financial, and career opportunities to the diving community throughout the world. Scholarships are now being offered in dive medicine, marine conservation, marine biology, underwater archaeology, marine education, journalism, graphic arts, or photography. Training grants provide funding for diver and related underwater training and, for some awards, scuba equipment. Applications …