Win Big for the Unusual at Swanfish
Anglers entering this weekend's Swanfish competition have the opportunity to win a prize pack valued at over $250 for the most unusual catch logged with Redmap.
Climate change extinction fears aired for WA south coast
University of Western Australia (UWA) researchers have warned of the potential for "very large extinction rates" among marine life unique to southern WA due to climate change, writes ABC News. Read the full story here.
Map of Oz shows how plants and animals will need new homes
The Guardian newspaper writes: Australian animals and plants will increasingly have to find new homes in the coming decades due to climate change according to research used to create new maps of how local conditions are changing. Read the full story here.
Family's fishy find
A family stumbled across a 1.2m moonfish on Circular Head beach, writes The Advocate. This fish is not common in Bass Strait and likely strayed from the Indian or Great Southern Ocean. Read the full story here.
More stingers with rising sea temperatures, scientists warn
RISING sea temperatures could make dangerous irukandji and box jellyfish a problem in Northern Rivers waters [in the Lismore area, NSW], writes The Northern Star. Read the full article here.
World's Oceans Got a Lot Warmer In 2013
Global ocean temperatures rose dramatically last year, providing another strong sign that the oft-cited global warming "pause" or "hiatus" since 2000 has happened only at the surface – while the rest of the planet has been heating up at an increasingly rapid pace, writes The Weather Channel. Read the full story and easy-to-read graphics here.
Rising CO2 impacting fish health on the Great Barrier Reef
Queensland researchers say rising carbon dioxide levels are causing worsening health effects for fish living on the Great Barrier Reef, writes ABC's PM program. Read and listen to the story here.
Scientists have no idea what species this is!
CSIRO scientists have to classify a new species of giant jellyfish after a family discovered a 1.5m unknown jelly species washed up on a beach south of Hobart, writes ABC News Online. Read the full story here.
Warm water manta ray in Tassie!
The world's largest ray species - usually found in warmer waters - has been spotted in Tasmania and logged on Redmap, writes The Mercury newspaper. Read the full story here.
Log what you see
Journalist Emma Carmichael takes a look at the citizen science behind Redmap. She interviewed Redmap's Dr Gretta Pecl and Victorian diver and Redmap member Mary Malloy. Read and listen to the interview here.