Explore the Seafloor is asking for help to identify images of sea urchins and kelp during August. The project takes a 'crowd-sourcing' approach to a job normally done by research assistants! Read more at www.exploretheseafloor.net.au.
For an online "webinar" that is! Redmap founder Dr Gretta Pecl co-hosted a citizen science seminar which was viewed live across the globe. Watch the video presentation here. (note: Dr Gretta starts talking about Redmap at ~2min40).
Warming seas are impacting the breeding cycles and habitat of marine life, according to a recently published three-year international study (including Australia's CSIRO). Read the full article in The Conversation here.
AFP: "A major research aquarium able to simulate ocean warming and carry out key studies on the deadly crown-of-thorns starfish devastating the Great Barrier Reef opened in Australia...." Read the article here.
"Yes", writes National Geographic, "a billion years from now, as the sun gets brighter. But could we make it happen sooner through climate change?" Read the article here.
The Two Degrees Project (2degreesproject.com.au) publishes climate change stories told by everyday Australians and experts. Redmap founder Dr Gretta Pecl submitted a story about the sightings that Redmap is receiving of uncommon sea creatures. Read her article here.
From ABC Radio NT: Kakadu National Park is home to some of Australia's most iconic wetland landscapes, but will the environment always look the way it does now? Scientists are trying to find out how the region's tropical river systems work, and what might happen to them as the climate changes. Read the full ABC article here.
See these wonderful photos on the Discovery Channel News that celebrate the Great Barrier Reef and what's at risk with a changing climate.
Fisheries scientist Paul Hamer was out on Port Phillip Bay after dark conducting important marine research when he felt like interrupting the scientific focus with a bottle of champagne, writes The Age. Read why he's celebrating the number of snapper breeding in Port Phillip Bay here.
The gloomy octopus may be heading further south in Bass Strait; followed by crimson banded wrasse and rock cale! Redmap has developed a ‘report card’ to assess potential shifts in the ranges of marine species along the Tasmanian coast. And all using the observations collected by Tasmanian divers and fishers. Check out if any of your favourite fish are heading further south.