How long can this keep going on? We must change direction now. Eg, WA and NT mad rush to frack & export gas is beyond reason. ‘Ecological grief’: communities, economy suffer from damage to Great Barrier Reef smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Coral bleaching is not only heart-breaking, it's also bad economics: theconversation.com/coral-bleachin…

First tagging work on Megamouth sharks suggest they dive to depths > 600m on the daily before coming back to the surface at night! Their sluggish look is deceptive... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This should be front page news… it should have been since 2016… we’re now in 2024… it’s still happening & getting worse! What’s the plan? Tanya Plibersek Anthony Albanese Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Injecting dye into rhizostome #jellyfish enables us to clearly see the pattern of their canal networks...a key feature used to identify rhizostome species. #BIMS Jellyfish Taxonomy Workshop 🇹🇭

Excited to announce we have a fully funded ($70K+) post-doctoral position available on Coastal Ecosystem Future Scenarios as part of our Blue Carbon Canada Project. Co-supervised by me OConnorLab (UBC), Sara Knox (McGill); location flexible. Apps due 9/30 bluecarboncanada.ca/were-hiring

New Paper out today in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries! We identified a pelagic nutrient linkage by sawsharks. link.springer.com/article/10.100… Save Our Seas #shark #science #australia #sawsharks

Sawsharks are small (<1.5m) sharks that occur in many different places around the globe. We described the trophic ecology of the common sawshark (below) and the southern sawshark around southeastern Australia.

Great work by Patrick Burke, PhD shows that sawsharks might actually be pelagic predators, going against many of the assumptions that we typically place on these animals.

Did you know acoustic pollution is a thing? We found boating, human developments were the main drivers of underwater noise in some of the largest estuaries in Australia. Great first PhD paper Brittney Valenzisi! Thanks Lake Macquarie Dr. Megan Huggett Uni Newcastle Research sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Looking to do a PhD? Interested in climate change and marine heatwaves? Fascinated by mesophotic reefs? If you answered yes to all these questions then we have the perfect project for you! For more information check out this link or send me a message. utas.edu.au/research/degre…

I thought that river was just dried and full of rocks, but nope, it's all dead fish 😳

So good to be back at this paradise Heron Island Heron Island Research Station , excited to see third year Griffith University marine capstone students get here to start their projects!

Lots of lemon sharks hanging around Heron Island to welcome the third year Griffith Science & Environment students as they get started on their research projects! Heron Island Research Station

Is it a shark eat shark world? Well yes, and then some! Check out our new article to find out the story! frontiersin.org/journals/marin…

The Great Barrier Reef is a dichotomy: on one hand, still beautiful and filled with amazing creatures, but climate change is killing huge swathes of coral not obvious to most but very clear to scientists (as in this picture). We need climate action now Heron Island Research Station Griffith Science & Environment

Thank-you Dr. Charlotte Page for sharing your research Heron Island Research Station on the effects of thermal stess on corals with our Griffith Science & Environment students. Our students were inspired and excited to see where a career in marine science can take you! Dr Tracy Ainsworth A/Prof. @UNSW Science

Your regular reminder that it's a myth sharks have to swim to breathe. These white tip reef sharks love to chill under overhangs for hours on end, and you can find many around Heron Island doing just that. Griffith Science & Environment Griffith University Heron Island Research Station

What an epic week full of awesome student driven research projects!

Always great to see critically endangered White-spotted guitarfish hanging around at Heron Island Research Station. Just one of the many amazing animals students were exposed to during their Capstone projects. Despite looking very sharky, these animals are actually rays! Griffith Science & Environment