Explore the Seafloor is asking for help to identify images of sea urchins and kelp during August. The project takes a 'crowd-sourcing' approach to a job normally done by research assistants! Read more at www.exploretheseafloor.net.au.
"Yes", writes National Geographic, "a billion years from now, as the sun gets brighter. But could we make it happen sooner through climate change?" Read the article here.
From ABC Radio NT: Kakadu National Park is home to some of Australia's most iconic wetland landscapes, but will the environment always look the way it does now? Scientists are trying to find out how the region's tropical river systems work, and what might happen to them as the climate changes. Read the full ABC article here.
The gloomy octopus may be heading further south in Bass Strait; followed by crimson banded wrasse and rock cale! Redmap has developed a ‘report card’ to assess potential shifts in the ranges of marine species along the Tasmanian coast. And all using the observations collected by Tasmanian divers and fishers. Check out if any of your favourite fish are heading further south.
Andrew Hart knows his job blurs the line between work and play. The host of TV fishing show Hook, Line and Sinker explains why it's hard work not to love fishing for the cameras around Australia.
Redmap has received more than 330 sightings since its national launch five months ago. But who are "Redmappers"? They’re fishers, divers and beachgoers who send Redmap photos of uncommon marine life! Meet some of Redmap's "citizen scientists" who are mad-keen anglers (next issue: divers!).
How does climate change impact tropical fisheries in northern Australia? That's the question leading a three-year research project by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC). Using existing data, the study is reviewing how warming seas affect important tropical fish species like Barramundi, Spanish mackerel and coral trout.
If you are thinking of starting a citizen science program - and wondering how to make it successful - then you should join this live online seminar (aka "webinar") on July 18. It will be co-hosted by Redmap founder Dr Gretta Pecl and other successful Australian citizen science program leaders.
New research published in the science journal Nature has revealed the impacts of climate change on global fisheries. An analysis of fish catches and water temperatures show that ocean warming has already affected global fisheries in the past four decades, driving up the proportion of warm-water fish being caught. Read more here.
It looks like the gloomy octopus may be moving its home further south; followed by crimson banded wrasse and rock cale. Redmap has developed a ‘report card’ to assess and report potential shifts in the ranges of fish and marine species along the Tasmanian coast. And all using the observations collected by divers and fishers in Tasmania (where Redmap started 3 years ago before it launched nationally). Check out which fish may be …
