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From high in the sky to the bottom of the ocean

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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
This one factor is eerily good at predicting whale population collapse

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28 Nov 2017: We can now predict a potential crash in whale populations several decades in advance, and it looks like shrinking body size is the key indicator. "It’s about finding some early warning signals that might indicate that a species has been
Microplastics litter the seafloor

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13 Jul 2017: Scientific sampling along the South East Australian coast has found high concentrations of microplastics in seafloor sediments, including along even remote stretches of coastline. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) scientists found an
Fish-borne sensors reveal Atlantic salmon response to climate change

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6 Jul 2017: Innovative research using fish-borne sensors has revealed how farmed Atlantic salmon are likely to respond to climate change as their aquaculture cages experience warmer temperatures and falling oxygen levels. The study by a team of Institute for
Oceans of knowledge for chemical oceanography student

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19 Jan 2017: It was the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies' world class reputation that attracted PhD candidate Habacuc Perez-Tribouillier from Mexico all the way to Hobart. And three amazing voyages on Research Vessel Investigator have provided him with
It’s been called the holy grail of aquaculture...

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15 May 2017: After 17 years researchers from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) based at the University’s Taroona laboratories have developed the solution to a problem that scientists around the globe had been trying to solve for decades.
The last stand of the rarest fish on the planet

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28 Nov 2017: If you’ve never seen a handfish before, imagine dipping a toad in some brightly coloured paint, telling it a sad story, and forcing it to wear gloves two sizes too big. Welcome to the bizarre reality of one of the ocean’s weirdest life forms.
Researchers explore lost ancient continent of Zealandia

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27 Sep 2017: A team of 32 scientists from 12 countries has arrived in Hobart on the research vessel JOIDES Resolution after a nine-week voyage to study the lost and now submerged continent of Zealandia in the South Pacific. The University of Tasmania is one of 16
Bold explorer 200 years ago inspires scientists of today

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31 May 2017: Two hundred years after Matthew Flinders circumnavigated Australia and mapped much of the coastline for the first time, community citizen scientists and Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researchers are now following in his wake to
Bruny energy research project powers up

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17 Aug 2017: The rapid changes in the energy sector are driving some of the biggest innovations experienced in centuries. How energy is consumed today, and where will it come from tomorrow, are some of the bigger questions being asked the world over. Central to