Coral viruses and large fish migration will be under the spotlight, following the announcement that two Townsville-based researchers, Dr Madeleine van Oppen and Dr Michelle Heupel, have just been announced as recipients of prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowships, to be carried out at the Australia
After what will be seven extraordinary years at the helm of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) CEO, Dr Ian Poiner, has announced he is stepping down in mid 2011.
A valuable seismometer buoy, deployed three years ago in an ocean trench, more than five kilometres deep, north of New Zealand, has been found washed up on a North Queensland beach.
Seismometers measure the movement of the ground, including earthquake activity.
It is one of the Holy Grails of the aquarium industry – the ability to rear, in captivity, highly prized ornamental marine animals to supply the multi-million dollar aquarium sector.
One of the largest-ever studies of the impacts of water quality pollution on coral reefs on the Great Barrier Reef indicates that poor water quality - characterised by high turbidity and nutrients - increases the amount of seaweed and reduces the biodiversity of corals.
North Queensland residents are being urged to "put on their thinking caps" to suggest a name for the new $35m tropical oceans simulator to be constructed at the Australian Institute of Marine Science headquarters, near Townsville.
Humanity's rising CO2 emissions could have a significant impact on the world's fish populations according to groundbreaking new research carried out in Australia.
Australia and Taiwan are poised to increase their collaboration on marine research with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in Townsville today.
The Australian Institute of Marine Science has been awarded nearly $1.7 million for six early-career researchers to carry out research on the impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef.
A research vessel will carry a team of marine scientists led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science, to begin the first thorough investigation of damage to the Great Barrier Reef caused by the grounding of the coal carrier, Shen Neng 1.
