Say what? Let me translate: how well do scientists communicate their research to the public? Now you can let us know and vote for videos entered in the Australian Society for Fish Biology's Student Science Communication Awards, including three PhD students from IMAS!
Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin, biologist and jellyfish expert, is launching her new book Jellyfish: A Natural History. It is a gorgeous coffee table book with hundreds of splendid photos and lots of interesting tidbits of information about jellyfish, written to appeal to marine biologists and non-scientists alike.
A surprising 60-year boom in global octopus, squid and cuttlefish numbers points to long-term changes taking place in the world's oceans, scientists say. Read the full story at ABC News.
BIODIVERSITY will be the key to keeping global fisheries going as sea temperatures rise, the prestigious Smithsonian Institution has found in a study backed by Tasmanian-driven citizen science, writes The Mercury.
Next time you need an excuse to go fishing again, feel free to the Redmap excuse: "It's not fishing, it's research!"
Felt a little hot under the collar this summer? Analysis of water temperatures around Tasmania show that seas off the east coast were a whopping 4.4 degrees Celsius above average, partly due to the warm East Australian Current extending southwards. Read more in The Conversation.
Tasmanian water temperatures are beginning to fall after a hot summer, signalling some relief on the way for local salmon growers. Salmon farmer Tassal has blamed warm waters for its withdrawal from two tenders for supply contracts with Coles because the temperatures were impacting on the growth rates for its farmed fish. Read the full story at ABC News.
Hugh Richardson is an avid diver, travelling up and down the coast in search of WA's best dive spots. He's also a Redmap member and has logged some unusual sightings online.
The summer of 2015-2016 was one of the hottest on record in Australia. But it has also been hot in the waters surrounding the nation: the hottest summer on record, in fact. Read the full article in the Conversation AU.
ARE melting polar ice sheets as stable as we think or have we missed something? Could we face rapid sea-level rise in a few decades? Scientific debate about this has picked up in the wake of the March publication of two major research papers by scientists from the US, France, Germany and China. Read the full story by Peter Boyer in The Mercury.
