Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is showing an extraordinary range of benefits from the network of protected marine reserves introduced there five years ago, according to a comprehensive new study published in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences.
Specialist scientists at a workshop in Perth this week have been identifying a treasure trove of marine sponges and have confirmed unexpectedly high biodiversity in deep Western Australian waters off Ningaloo Reef.
The CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Dr Ian Poiner has been reappointed until July 2011.
The reappointment was recommended by the AIMS Council and was recently confirmed by the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd.
A prestigious national award that recognises the work of young, female scientists has been won by Dr Nicole Webster from the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
The Dorothy Hill Award is announced annually by the Australian Academy of Science.
Australia's $48 billion marine industries are worth more to the nation than agriculture, according to analysis released today.
Massive corals are being used by marine scientists to unravel the effects of climate and environmental change on coral reefs in Australia's remote north-west.
Understanding of the north's rich tropical marine endowment will be enhanced today following the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding between Charles Darwin University, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, The Australian National University and the Northern Territory Government.
Live-bearing shark mums are not the cold-hearted parents they have been made out to be, concludes a new study showing that sharks in fact provide substantial post-partum investment in their young.
AIMS has taken out a prestigious national award for leading the way in occupational health and safety associated with a major marine science research project at a remote reef off the Western Australian Kimberley coast.
An influx of resources worth a total of $2.7 million to support the ambitious CReefs project that is systematically surveying life on Australian reefs is being announced today at AIMS by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts the Hon Peter Garrett MP.
