Make a 45-sec video about Redmap and raise awareness of ocean warming. There are $5,000 in cash prizes to be won! Anyone can enter and any style of video is welcome. So get on your creative caps and submit your 45-sec video by 1 May 2014! See competition details here.
This edition covers Redmap's video competition, our oddest-looking sightings (like warty prowfish and yellow sea slugs), and other marine news. Read it here.
A yellow sea slug, warty prowfish and roundbelly cowfish all made it onto Redmap’s Top 6 Oddest Sightings. Check out this completely subjective list – and what the scientists have to say about them.
RISING sea temperatures could make dangerous irukandji and box jellyfish a problem in Northern Rivers waters [in the Lismore area, NSW], writes The Northern Star. Read the full article here.
The world's largest ray species - usually found in warmer waters - has been spotted in Tasmania and logged on Redmap, writes The Mercury newspaper. Read the full story here.
A small increase in sea temperatures has led to a dramatic decrease in the size of fish, writes the Daily Mail. Scientists have found that some North Sea species -including haddock, whiting, herring and sole- have decreased in body length by almost a third over 38 years. Read the full Daily Mail story here.
The warty prowfish, sooty grunter and moorish idol all made it on the list (and not because of their unusual names!). Check out the Top 3 sightings submitted to Redmap in each state.
Ever wondered how climate change will impact the seas off the coast of NSW? Here's an excellent fact sheet that clearly explains some of the ways climate change may impact NSW seas and marine ecosystems.
As ocean temperatures rise off Western Australia, sub-tropical fish are swimming south and many are staying there, writes ABC news. Read the interview with research scientist and Redmap WA coordinator Dr Gary Jackson here.
