The Great Barrier Reef is suffering from recent unprecedented coral bleaching events. But the answer to part of its recovery could lie in the reef itself, with a little help.
Now available, the 2016 Australian Institute of Marine Science’s (AIMS) Index of Marine Industry reports phenomenal sustained economic growth of the ‘blue economy,’ or the Australian marine...
When the 84 metre polar vessel Ushuaia left the safety of the harbour at Ushuaia, Argentina, Dr Nicole Webster recalls feeling quite nervous. Alongside seventy-six other women, she was about to...
Controlling repeated outbreaks of the coral-eating Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (COTS) (Acanthaster planci), is one of the greatest challenges facing resource managers of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR).
Western Australian reefs feel the heat from global bleaching event 05 April 2016 North Western Australian coral reefs are now feeling the effect of the 2016 global coral bleaching...
This past week, as field observations and aerial surveys of severe bleaching poured in from Cairns north to Torres Strait, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) lifted its response...
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), in partnership with the University of Hawai’i and the Paul Allen Family Foundation, will host a ground-breaking workshop this month. The event,...
Record breaking summer ocean temperatures have led to widespread coral bleaching in the northern hemisphere. These hot conditions are predicted to extend into the southern hemisphere in the...
Over a period of four years scientists from AIMS, working in partnership with Geoscience Australia and the University of Western Australia, uncovered a rich physical landscape and a vast oasis of...
