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Our vision is for thriving and resilient oceans for future generations
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Asking the real questions!
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Congratulations to OI members Dr Belinda Cannell and Dr Harriet Paterson who were awarded funding from the Sponsored Restoration Project last week, as part of the ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ held at UWA.
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OI Public Lecture Series- Climate Change and Atoll Islands: Do We Dare to Hope?
Our final OI Public Lecture for 2025, featuring Prof Jon Barnett
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REGISTER NOW ๐ Our final ๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ for 2025 with speaker Professor Jon Barnett (University of Melbourne) and a special guest panel to be announced soon.
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OI Public Lecture Series- Climate Change and Atoll Islands: Do We Dare to Hope?
Our final OI Public Lecture for 2025, featuring Prof Jon Barnett
https://events.humanitix.com/oi-public-lecture-series-climate-change-and-atoll-islands
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๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ? Catch OI member Dr Todd Bond at the Australian National Maritime Museum's ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ก๐ช๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ series, this Thursday in Sydney.
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Is the deep sea a wasteland or wonderland?
Whatโs really at the bottom of the ocean โ strange life, hidden treasure, or trouble?
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/is-the-deep-sea-a-wasteland-or-wonderland-tickets-1343412586209
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A new study led by OI member ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ, in collaboration with colleagues at DBCA and UWA, has revealed that a marine heatwave caused extensive habitat fragmentation in one of the worldโs largest and most important seagrass ecosystems. Read more below.
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Marine Heatwave Drives Long-Term Fragmentation of Shark Bay Seagrass Meadows
A new study, part of Mike Taylorโs PhD thesis and in collaboration with DBCA, shows the 2010/11 marine heatwave in Shark Bay led to continued long-term fragmentation of its vast seagrass meadows. The ...
https://www.sequeiralab.com/news/marine-heatwave-drives-long-term-fragmentation-of-shark-bay-seagrass-meadows/
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The
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spoke to OI researcher Dr Kate Quigley to find out if 'heat tolerant' corals could be bred and planted to help our reefs better survive future marine heatwaves.
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/coral-r...
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Can we help coral reefs adapt to climate change? | Biodiversity Council Australia
Researchers have been developing techniques to increase the heat tolerance of corals for over a decade, but human intervention can only take us so far. Learn more in our Q&A with coral geneticist Dr K...
https://biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/coral-reefs-adapt-climate-change
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๐๐ป๐ต๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ OI member Todd Bond will be presenting at SXSW Sydney tomorrow. Join him as he dives into the challenges and promises of ocean exploration!
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Stay alert this weekend!
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OI member ๐๐ฟ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ is marine ecologist who goes where very few humans have ever been: the deep ocean. He studies the strange, scary and often cute creatures who call the deepest parts of our oceans home. Catch Todd's appearance on ABC Conversations program at
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๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต is on ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ต ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ. 10 talks, 5 bars, 1 night. And 2 fantastic OI members to check out! Secure your free tickets at
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Minderoo Foundation and The University of Western Australia are partnering via the ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ข๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐, to deliver ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ข๐๐จ - a large-scale, whole genome sequence, public data repository. Read the latest paper at
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Ocean Genomes: reference genome resources for marine vertebrates - npj Biodiversity
npj Biodiversity - Ocean Genomes: reference genome resources for marine vertebrates
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Have a great weekend everyone ๐
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๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ Applications for the 2025 ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ป & ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ are closing this Friday, 19th September! The awards are open to UWA students who are undertaking a higher degree across multidisciplinary marine research.
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Two of the four whales spotted at a Perth beach last week have been seen off the SW coast as they migrate to cooler waters. OI researcher ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ describes how the mother and calf communicate quietly with each other to avoid detection by nearby orcas.
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Corals' Last Stand follows the voyage of a team of prominent Australians including author Tim Winton and musician John Butler as they travel to the reef to bring worldwide attention to the impact that plans for gas drilling will have on Scott Reef
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Corals' Last Stand
Tim Winton & John Butler join Corals' Last Stand to reveal how gas drilling could sacrifice Scott Reef just as climate concerns grow worldwide.
https://events.humanitix.com/corals-last-stand-62ehtx4u
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๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐ Applications for the 2025 ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ป & ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ are open! The awards are open to UWA students who are undertaking a higher degree across multidisciplinary marine research.
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๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ-๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ Engineering Ocean Solutions (EOS) 2025 and UWA are opening the doors to 2 of Australiaโs most advanced marine research facilities on Sep 19: ๐น UWA Coastal and Offshore Research Lab (CORL) ๐น National Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility (NGCF)
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Happy Fathers Day to Dads of every type ๐
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The air bubbles created by the curtain will form an underwater barrier that blocks the movement of algae passing through, mitigating the effects of the bloom.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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'Bubble curtain' to protect giant Australian cuttlefish from algal bloom
A highly experimental, nearly $700,000 "bubble curtain" will be installed next week hoping to protect cuttlefish and their eggs in the Upper Spencer Gulf from South Australia's toxic algal bloom.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-28/bubble-curtain-protect-upper-spencer-gulf-cuttlefish-algal-bloom/105708406
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Every now and again, dozens or even hundreds of perfectly healthy looking whales strand themselves on a beach. OI member ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ joined ABC's Lab Notes to share what scientists know and don't know about whale mass strandings.
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๐Now taking applications for the 2025 ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ป & ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐! ๐ Open to UWA students who are undertaking a higher degree across multidisciplinary marine research.
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A new study led by OI member ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ reveals how humpback whales use productive feeding grounds, by combining animal tracking with satellite-derived ocean productivity data.
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Where whales feed: findings to inform conservation efforts
Australian southern right whales visit a broader range of foraging habitats compared to the neighbouring New Zealand population, according to researchers.
https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/august/where-whales-feed-findings-to-inform-conservation-efforts
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OI Deputy Director and
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member Prof Nicki Mitchell
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joins the conversation on ABC Radio to discuss the role the Threatened Species List can play in fast-tracking protections. Listen at
www.abc.net.au/.../politica...
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More than a decade since the start of the longest ocean warming event ever recorded, scientists are still working to understand the extent of its impacts. Read more from OI member ๐๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ผ
@samstarko.bsky.social
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The worldโs longest marine heat wave upended ocean life across the Pacific
The multi-year heat wave nicknamed โThe Blobโ impacted thousands of kilometres of marine ecosystems from Alaska to Baja California.
https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-longest-marine-heat-wave-upended-ocean-life-across-the-pacific-260792
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Have a great weekend everyone ๐
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"Due to man-made climate change, the frequency and intensity of natural disasters that harm biodiversity, industries and communities will only increase" said OI Deputy Director and Biodiversity Council member ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ก๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐น.
add a skeleton here at some point
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How can art, science, & design come together to envision a resilient future coastline? Artworks & poetry created by local community, with imaginative designs by emerging landscape architects from UWA, spanning the region from Middleton Beach to Emu Point.
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๐๐ฟ ๐ช๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด and ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ผ๐น๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐ feature on ABC's Science Show. They talk about the M4 wave energy generator trial that has been running at Albany on WA's south coast, and how these offshore devices, if scaled up, could be an important source of renewable power.
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Important business to discuss ๐
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