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Tag: Australia

It’s getting hot: are fish getting bigger?
Climate Change

It’s getting hot: are fish getting bigger?

Australian estuaries are warming up because of climate change and this might be making its fish bigger.
May 26, 2022 Valeria Contreras
Can a little bit of a good thing be worse than nothing at all?
Conservation

Can a little bit of a good thing be worse than nothing at all?

The world’s oceans are increasingly managed as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) where human activities are carefully regulated to support ocean…
March 12, 2021 Ellie Oldach
Cold Water Conundrum: How does unusually cold water affect fish growth?
Pollution

Cold Water Conundrum: How does unusually cold water affect fish growth?

With the threat of climate change ever present, many of us focus on the negative effects of unusually warm water…
November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 Francesca Giammona
Life in Plastic: 14 Million Tonnes of Microplastics Likely on Sea Floor
Plastic

Life in Plastic: 14 Million Tonnes of Microplastics Likely on Sea Floor

The deep-sea floor has always fascinated scientists and ocean lovers alike with its mystery and wonder. For the first time…
October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 Elena Gadoutsis
Shark Smarts: Can associative learning change shark behavior?
Behavior

Shark Smarts: Can associative learning change shark behavior?

We all know that sharks are excellent hunters, but can the instinctual predatory mind of one of the ocean’s apex…
August 27, 2020August 28, 2020 Francesca Giammona
Of Wildfires and Oceans
Conservation

Of Wildfires and Oceans

Wildfires are all over the news, from California to Australia, but do these terrestrial events have any impact on ocean…
January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 Julia Zeh
On the case: Scientists use many sources to find the culprit in kelp disappearance
Ecology

On the case: Scientists use many sources to find the culprit in kelp disappearance

The extensive decline of the Great Barrier Reef has received a lot of press attention in recent years, yet reefs…
August 1, 2019August 5, 2019 Kristin Huizenga
Sharkbites Saturday

It’s Getting Hot In Here: How Ocean Acidification and Warming Affect Shark Hunting and Behavior

Elasmobranchs such as sharks and rays face physiological and behavioral changes due to ocean acidification and rising ocean temperatures. Read…
May 27, 2017May 27, 2017 Aditi Tripathy
Behavior Biology Book Review Coastal Management Fisheries

A Whale Shaped Needle in a Ocean Sized Haystack

Sperm whales are very large, but they can still be tricky to find in the ocean! These researchers combined several…
November 14, 2016November 13, 2016 Austen Blair
Biology Coastal Management Ecology Invasive Species Seagrass

Seagrass Invasion! Tunicates colonizing seagrass beds impact plant and animal community

Seagrass habitats worldwide are in decline due to a number of factors. What happens when an invasive species comes on…
September 2, 2016 Rebecca Flynn
Book Review Climate Change Fisheries

Growth of a deep-sea predatory fish is affected by surface current strength

A deep-water predatory fish is found to have faster growth rates when productivity is enhanced by the Leeuwin Current along…
April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 Lis Henderson
Coastal Management

How sea turtles with backpacks can help establish highways for ocean health

It is a big scary world out there if you are a migrating ocean animal. However, data-generating backpacks worn by…
August 13, 2014October 20, 2014 Megan Chen
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Paleoceanography

We didn’t start the fire!… that changed the southeast Australian landscape 44 thousand years ago

A sediment core suggests that the large ecosystem changes that occurred in southeastern Australia were caused by the extinction of…
January 24, 2014January 24, 2014 Kari St.Laurent

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