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Adult coral can handle more heat and keep growing thanks to heat-evolved symbionts

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02 November 2023

Adult fragments of a coral species can better tolerate bleaching and recover faster when treated with tougher heat-evolved symbionts.

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Remote, portable coral factories to be developed for reef restoration

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31 October 2023

Portable aquariums that can be set up in remote areas to each propagate up to 100,000 young corals at a time for reef restoration will be developed by the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

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Could seaweed help save the planet? Blue carbon solution to be investigated by AIMS

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19 October 2023

The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) is exploring how a seaweed called Sargassum could reduce the severity of climate change by storing carbon in tropical seascapes.

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Seismic survey unlikely to affect pearl production in lucrative NW oyster industry

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13 October 2023

New research suggests that exposure to a single seismic survey is unlikely to increase mortality or affect pearl production in adults of an oyster species farmed in Australian waters.

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Project to look at climate impacts on Northern Australia’s turtle populations

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21 September 2023

A partnership between AIMS, CDU and several Northern Territory Ranger groups will look to tackle the effects of climate change on North Australia’s turtle population.

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AIMS reef monitoring technology to be used in the Philippines

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18 September 2023

Innovative AIMS-developed coral reef monitoring technology is being adopted in the Philippines.

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Seaweed is taking over coral reefs. But there’s a gardening solution – sea-weeding

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15 September 2023

Featured image: Roxana Caha, CC BY-NC-ND

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Celebrating ten years of Australia’s National Sea Simulator

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07 September 2023

Ten years ago, the National Sea Simulator opened its doors to marine scientists and changed the way they worked forever.

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A whale of a time for autonomous tech developers testing at ReefWorks

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22 August 2023

Australia’s fledgling autonomous marine technology industry put its newest products to the test at ReefWorks, AIMS’ tropical marine technology test range, during an Open Range event.

small research vessel tows a surfboard setup with autonomous systems