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    Whale warning signs revealed in historical records

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/329-whale-warning-signs-revealed-in-historical-records
    23 Jun 2017: A study of historic whaling records has revealed there were warning signs that populations of commercially harvested whales were heading for global collapse up to 40 years before the event. The research by scientists from the Institute for Marine
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    Climate change likely culprit for marine heatwave

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/355-climate-change-likely-culprit-for-marine-heatwave
    17 Jul 2017: A new study has found that human-induced climate change was almost certainly responsible for a marine heatwave off Tasmania’s east coast in the summer of 2015/16, and similar events are increasingly likely in the coming decades. Published in the
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    Earth’s future linked to algae growth

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/303-earths-future-linked-to-algae-growth
    8 Jun 2017: In the time it takes to read this sentence, you will almost certainly have inhaled oxygen disgorged by algae. Tiny ocean-borne algae played a critical role in creating the atmospheric conditions on Earth and produce half the oxygen we breathe
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    What do increasingly acidic oceans mean for seaweed?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/262-what-do-increasingly-acidic-oceans-mean-for-seaweed
    19 Apr 2017: Research at volcanic vents in the Mediterranean Sea is helping Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) scientists to understand how ocean acidification will affect different species of macroalgae (seaweed) in the future. The world’s
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    Where are whales giving birth in WA?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/496-where-are-whales-giving-birth-in-wa
    13 Dec 2017: A study that looked at where humpback whales give birth along the coast of Western Australia has shown that the calving grounds extend more than 1,000 kilometres further south than currently recognised. The research by Institute for Marine and
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    Clues left by tiny fossils give insights into last Ice Age

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/309-clues-left-by-tiny-fossils-give-insights-into-last-ice-age
    13 Jun 2017: Tiny fossils found in ocean sediments are helping scientists from the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and Canada to determine how the prehistoric ocean contributed to the last Ice Age 125,000 to 18,000
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    Making positive change for a better world

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/310-making-positive-change-for-a-better-world
    21 Jun 2017: From humble beginnings in north-west Tasmania, OXFAM Australia Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Helen Szoke was determined not to let her situation at that point in her life dictate her future. She was determined to get an education and follow her
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    The frozen continent and its connection to us

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/341-the-frozen-continent-and-its-connection-to-us
    4 Jul 2017: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researchers have joined the City of Hobart for the official launch of a new research project that aims to enhance Hobart’s role as an Antarctic gateway. The Antarctic Cities project is studying the
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    Learning the secrets of lobster lives

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/482-learning-the-secrets-of-lobster-lives
    4 Dec 2017: The mystery of how to close the larval cycle of lobsters on a commercial scale has eluded science since the 1960s. But now there are some answers, thanks to researchers at the University of Tasmania. Associate Professor Greg Smith is Director of the
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    From high in the sky to the bottom of the ocean

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/494-from-high-in-the-sky-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean
    11 Dec 2017: In a world-first, a research team of Australian and international scientists has used data collected by satellites and an ocean model to explain and predict biodiversity on the Antarctic seafloor. The researchers combined satellite images of

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