Fishy facts
Here are some facts about marine life you never even knew you wanted to know!
Back to the future: learning from past ice sheet melt
A study published in Nature is the first scientific evidence that the southern portion of Greenland's ice sheet nearly disappeared about 400,000 years ago, contributing to a 4.5 to six metres of global sea level rise. And all under conditions a few degrees warmer than the present day! Read the full article in Pys Org here.
Emperors in hot water!
An international team of scientists studying Emperor penguin populations across Antarctica finds the iconic animals in danger of dramatic declines by the end of the century due to climate change, writes Science Daily. Read the full article here.
Native South Australian oysters making a comeback
The revival of the native oyster (Ostrea angasi) in South Australian waters is adding a delicious aquaculture product to the State’s premium seafood selection, writes the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI). Read the full story here.
Rare fish migrations brighten Tassie waters
The yellow-bellied sea snake, loggerhead sea turtle and angel shark are among dozens of new weird and wonderful marine species turning up in Tasmanian waters as oceans warm, writes the Mercury. Read the full story, which includes an interview with Dr Gretta Pecl, here.
Starfish are feeling the heat
Scientists believe the disease, 'sea star wasting syndrome', is linked to warmer than usual waters in the Pacific Ocean, writes the UK's Daily Mail. Read here the full story about how ocean warming is impacting the health of sea stars.
Sea temperatures likely readable in real-time with new model
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.
Are Jellyfish Taking Over the World?
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.
Arctic ice loss: National Geographic has to redraw maps
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.
Purple monsters found off QLD coast
New Scientist writes: Could Australia have had schools of mysterious, technicolour purple jellyfish swimming off its shores all along without anybody noticing? After one such creature, previously unknown in Australia – and probably to science – washed up on a Queensland coast last week, jellyfish scientist Lisa-ann Gershwin has received a string of reported sightings dating back to 2008. Read the full story here.