Northern Territroy News

St Helens is planning for a changing climate future

A half-a-million-dollar study on coastal communities dealing with the effects of climate change is being carried out by UTAS Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), the CSIRO, and Murdoch University.

Dr Stewart Frusher from IMAS, who was leading the project, said St Helens in Tasmania, Bowen in North Queensland, and Geraldton in Western Australia were chosen for the study, which involved members of the community and professional fishermen.

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New website reveals coastal towns' climate change risks

AUSTRALIA'S coastal towns, many built around fisheries and tourism, are particularly vulnerable to climate change, writes Stewart Frusher in The Conversation. A new website Coastal Climate Blueprint scores coastal towns on their vulnerability to climate change. Read the full article here.

Pacific warms towards El Nino levels as Australia heats up

Ocean temperatures are again warming in the Pacific, helping to drive global temperatures to new highs and also leaving conditions primed for an El Nino event to be declared in coming months, writes the Sydney Morning Herald. Read the full story here.

Warming oceans drive marine communities south

SPECIES of fish, coral and other invertebrates are moving south along the West Australian coastline as a result of warmer sea currents, driving ecological change, writes Science Network WA. Read the full story here.

Fish moving poleward at rate of 26 kilometres per decade

Large numbers of fish will disappear from the tropics by 2050, finds a new University of British Columbia study that examined the impact of climate change on fish stocks, reports Science Daily. Read the full story here.

Molluscs on the move

Snails aren’t best known for moving at anything faster than, well, a snail’s pace.  Yet out in the oceans, a seismic shift in the ranges of species seems to be gathering pace, with snails and their relatives at the vanguard.

Redmap newsletter Oct 2014

This edition reviews the Redmap data - including the Top 10 species logged on Redmap! Also read about molluscs on the move, the tropicalisation of Sydney Harbour and amusing names given to fish. Read the October Redmap newsletter.

SA's Cuttlefish website (PIRSA)

The Giant Australian cuttlefish (Sepia apama) is one of the largest cuttlefish in the world, and can reach up to 60cm in length and 5kg. They occur across southern Australia but aggregate to breed near Point Lowly, in the Spencer Gulf, SA. This is the giant cuttlefish's only known breeding aggregation in the world. But numbers were declining over recent years and scientists were not sure why. Researchers …

Redmap data: Top 10 sightings and other trends

Australian divers, fishers, and beachcombers have reported 1060+ sightings on Redmap. Nearly 30 per cent of the confirmed sightings were considered uncommon where spotted, i.e. they were out of their known range. Here are the latest trends from the Redmap data...

Climate change threatens WA's iconic Shark Bay

Between December 2010 and April 2011, sea temperatures off the WA coast reached 3C above average, and for two weeks peaked at 5C above average, write researchers from the University of Western Australia and Florida International University in WA Today. The effects were drastic. Corals bleached, and the makeup of the usually temperate south west marine ecosystems shifted to more tropical. Read the full article in WA Today …