Media resources: Media release and backgrounder (below) Photos (below) Video of coral trout on the reef (let us know if you require the original file) Full paper Coral trout in protected ‘green zones’ are not only bigger and more abundant than those in fished ‘blue zones’ of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, but they are…
EMBARGO LIFTED: 4am AEDT, Thursday 24 October 2013 Nature paper reveals coral animals produce the ‘smell of the ocean’ – influencing cloud formation and protecting themselves against rising seawater temperatures. Australian marine scientists have found the first evidence that coral itself may play an important role in regulating local climate. They have discovered that the…
Media release from Senator the Hon Kim Carr and Senator the Hon Jan McLucas. A new, $37 million experimental sea simulator will enable Australian scientists to recreate ocean conditions and study how both human activities and natural events will affect our marine environment in the future. Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Senator Kim…
SeaSim – the National Sea Simulator – opened in Townsville by Innovation Minister Carr Event: 12noon-2.30pm, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, North Queensland Visuals: Aquaria with specimens, scientists available for interview, reef footage, crown-of-thorns starfish.
Media background information, 1 August 2013 What is SeaSim? SeaSim technologies What will SeaSim do? Controlling the crown-of-thorns starfish What is SeaSim? SeaSim is a research aquarium. It comprises a seawater processing plant, several controlled environment rooms, and open plan spaces for large tanks and long-term experiments. In short, it brings together a reliable, consistent…
Luke Smith, Environment Manager from Woodside Energy, Russell Reichelt, Chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, and scientists from CSIRO, the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Western Australian and James Cook University in Townsville tell what the new Sea Simulator facility means to them. More comments will be added during the day.
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Introduction to AIMS SeaSim Introduction to the National sea Simulator at the Australian Institute of Marine Science headquarters at Cape Ferguson near Townsville (4:24). If you would like a high quality version of this video contact Sarah Brooker at sarah@scienceinpublic.com.au
$5.6 million upgrade to Arafura Timor Research Facility Launched by Federal Science and Research Minister Don Farrell Media call 9.30 am, Friday 24 May 2013, 23 Ellengowan Drive, Brinkin Darwin Harbour has extreme tidal rises and falls of up to eight-metres. So the ebbing and flowing currents in the channels are strong and fast, all…
WA’s Scott Reef has recovered from mass bleaching in 1998 Isolated coral reefs can recover from catastrophic damage as effectively as those with nearby undisturbed neighbours, a long-term study by marine biologists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) has shown.