Queensland's James Cook University (JCU) has joined a world-first shark survey researching the predator's decreasing populations, writes the Brisbane Times. JCU and Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) researchers have joined a three-year project to survey shark numbers in reefs around the world, data essential to their conservation. Read more in the Brisbane Times.
How will climate change affect life in the oceans? In research to be published in Nature Climate Change* we, among several other authors, show that the answer is likely good and bad. Read the story in The Conversation.
WA RESEARCH has revealed adult mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus) are likely to be negatively impacted by climate change, but that juveniles may actually benefit from its effects. Read the full story in Science Network WA.
Science is not just for scientists these days. Going on a scuba-diving holiday this summer? Share the temperature data from your dive computer with researchers eager to plug holes in sparse records for inshore areas. Nervous about possible pollution from a nearby fracking project? Ease your concerns by helping to collect and analyse air samples as part of a monitoring project. Stuck at home as the rain pours down? Log …
RESEARCHERS are surprised at thriving coral growth at Rottnest Island, predicting its smaller coral communities could grow into a reef similar to the one that existed there in the Last Interglacial, approximately 130,000 years ago. Read the full story in Science Network WA.
Fish retreat to deeper water to escape the heat, a new study shows, a finding that throws light on what to expect if predictions of ocean warming come to pass. Read about this James Cook University study in Science Daily.
The lobster population has crashed to the lowest levels on record in southern New England while climbing to heights never before seen in the cold waters off Maine and other northern reaches — a geographic shift that scientists attribute in large part to the warming of the ocean, writes The Boston Globe.
Thanks to a new system developed by scientists in the UK, taking to the waves for a spot of surfing can benefit research into the health of coastal waters, and could help confirm satellite measurements of sea-surface temperature, as reported in Scientific Computing. Read the full story here.
Research scientists have a new ally in their work - the growing army of citizen scientists, writes the Australian Financial Review.
A recent study by local researchers tagged and tracked 11 tiger sharks off Ningaloo Reef in WA’s north west for between seven and 517 days and determined the apex predator travels thousands of kilometres more than expected. Read the full story in Science Network WA.