Can we save the Reef by controlling crown of thorns starfish? The Great Barrier Reef has lost half its coral cover in the last 27 years. The loss was due to storm damage (48%), crown of thorns starfish (42%), and bleaching (10%) according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy…
Footage is available online at http://www.aims.gov.au/docs/research/biodiversity-ecology/threats/cots.html And high res footage for this story is available for download until 7 October here – this is a 200 Mb .mov file available to download via YouSENDit. To download a high-resolution version of any of the images below, click on the image to enlarge it then save the…
The official PNAS paper is online here Read about the crown-of-thorns starfish here Read about the Great Barrier Reef here Read about the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) here
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The three L’Oréal Fellows for 2011 have been busy since they were announced on 23 August 2011. Eve McDonald-Madden is in France, working with researchers at the National Institute for Agricultural Research to develop new strategies for the manageme…
Nature paper reveals the genetic influence on our IQ as we age Embargo 6 am AEST, Thursday 19 January 2012 Issued for the Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland. Researchers from Brisbane, Edinburgh and Aberdeen have revisited about 2,000 people who had intelligence tests in 1932 or1947, and shown that genetic factors may account for…
Tamara Davis, 2009 L’Oréal Australia Fellow tells of how she felt when she heard her mentors had won the Nobel Prize. Tuesday morning found me dancing in excitement when I heard the news that Brian Schmidt, Saul Perlmutter, and Adam Riess had won th…
What we see in the night sky is only five per cent of the Universe. So what’s the other 95 per cent of the Universe made of – a young physicist has the answers across Tasmania this week. One of Australia’s leading young physicists will reveal the…
Coral, Cancer Capsules & Conservation Three $20,000 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellowships for 2011 were awarded to talented Australian women in science on Tuesday, 23 August 2011. L’Oréal this year awards three remarkable young…
Tracy Ainsworth James Cook University Coral interactions more complex than ever suspected. Dr Tracy Ainsworth’s research is changing our understanding of the life of the tiny coral animals that built Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef. Her work …