A relatively mild summer is expected to have provided further relief for the Great Barrier Reef, according to the Reef snapshot: summer 2022/23, released today.
Naturally fluctuating temperatures on coral reefs caused by tides, waves and currents can bring relief from marine heatwaves and may even help corals adapt to higher temperatures, a new study by Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the University of Western Australia (UWA) scientists has found.
A new Partnership Agreement ‘AIMS@CDU’ has been signed between the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and Charles Darwin University (CDU) to benefit the Northern Territory’s marine science research community.
AIMS’ research vessels are equipped to take our scientists to some of Australia’s most remote and underexplored regions to help unlock their secrets. But it is our human connections that help us deepen our understanding of our submerged heritage and biodiversity in areas like West Cape York Marine Park.
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) has welcomed the $163.4 million funding announcement made by the Federal Minister for the Environment and Water The Hon. Tanya Plibersek MP at its Townsville headquarters this week. (Wednesday, 19 April).
For the first time in a dedicated monitoring program, AIMS scientists and collaborators have deployed baited remote underwater video stations (BRUVS) across the length and breadth of the Great Barrier Reef, to find out what fishes are where.
AIMS aquaculture trainee and Woppaburra woman Jamiga-Marie Cummins returned to sea Country for coral spawning as part of the Woppaburra Coral Project.
Tagging technology that enables large marine animals to effectively become ocean-going explorers are helping scientists and Indigenous rangers learn more about threatened turtle species and remote ocean environments off the Northern Territory coast.
Researchers are using DNA technology to enhance their ability to detect coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish before they cause destruction on the Great Barrier Reef.
New research has found corals in the Keppel Islands of the southern Great Barrier Reef survived and recovered from a severe bleaching event in 2020, indicating the high resilience of corals in the region.
