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Things adrift in the ocean advance to Biennale

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/things-adrift-in-the-ocean-advance-to-biennale

13 Sep 2019: The Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)-based Adrift Lab has been announced as a participating artist in the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, to be held from March to June 2020. Adrift Lab is a dedicated group of researchers from across the
Restoring coastal habitat boosts wildlife numbers by 61% – but…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/restoring-coastal-habitat-boosts-wildlife-numbers-by-61-but-puzzling-failures-mean-we-can-still-do-better

23 Apr 2024: Humans love the coast. But we love it to death, so much so we’ve destroyed valuable coastal habitat – in the case of some types of habitat, most of it has gone. Pollution, coastal development, climate change and many other human impacts have
Good things don’t come in threes for Antarctic sea ice

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/good-things-dont-come-in-threes-for-antarctic-sea-ice

26 Feb 2024: As this month marks the third consecutive summer with extremely low sea-ice cover around Antarctica, new statistical research points to fundamental changes taking place in the polar Southern Ocean. Antarctic sea ice reached its summer minimum area of
Ocean detectives return with climate clues

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/ocean-detectives-return-with-climate-clues

4 Mar 2024: The longest science voyage by CSIRO research vessel RV Investigator has returned to Australia with one of the most comprehensive datasets ever collected in the Southern Ocean. Over 60 days and 12,000 kilometres, the voyage led by the Australian
Tails you lose for lizards

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/tails-you-lose-for-lizards

19 Jul 2019: The natural ability of lizards to drop and then regrow their tails is a neat evolutionary trick that allows them to avoid predators and remain alive. But new research from the University of Tasmania - published recently in Biology Letters - reveals
The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheets

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/the-dawn-of-the-antarctic-ice-sheets

8 Jul 2024: Scientists have achieved a world first, combining unique geological samples from the seafloor with sophisticated modelling to reveal the origins of the Antarctic ice sheet. Global warming is affecting today’s Antarctic ice sheet. The ‘eternal’
‘We take this for granted’: why the ASEAN-Australia relationship…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/we-take-this-for-granted-why-the-asean-australia-relationship-needs-a-jolt-of-youthful-leadership

4 Mar 2024: Professor Nicholas Farrelly has co-authored the report Comprehensive Strategic Partners: ASEAN and Australia after the first 50 years, released for the start of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit. This year marks 50 years since Australia established
New exhibition turns spotlight on marine species and habitats under…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/new-exhibition-turns-spotlight-on-marine-species-and-habitats-under-pressure

23 May 2024: Human activities and a changing climate are putting species and ecosystems under pressure. In Antarctica, marine predators are on thin ice. In Tasmania, many marine species and habitats are found nowhere else on earth. And for many, there is nowhere
Multiple sclerosis rising and accelerating in Australia new data shows

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/multiple-sclerosis-rising-and-accelerating-in-australia-new-data-shows

15 Feb 2023: The number of Australians living with multiple sclerosis (MS) is increasing at a significant and accelerating rate. The latest data showed that 33,335 Australians were living with MS in 2021, an increase of 30% (7,728) over the four years since the
IMAS Investigator voyage catches rare glimpse of erupting Australian…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/imas-investigator-voyage-catches-rare-glimpse-of-erupting-australian-volcano

1 Feb 2016: Scientists on board the CSIRO research vessel Investigator have taken rare footage of an eruption of the Big Ben volcano on remote sub-Antarctic Heard Island during an IMAS voyage to the Kerguelen Plateau. Big Ben, which includes the 2,745 m tall
Back to the wild: rescued red handfish returned to the sea

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/back-to-the-wild-rescued-red-handfish-returned-to-the-sea

7 May 2024: Red handfish have been returned to the wild, after scientists rescued them this summer to protect their fragile population from record high sea and atmospheric temperatures. Scientists at the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and
"Profound impact," legacy of a $10m multiple sclerosis…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/profound-impact,-legacy-of-a-$10m-multiple-sclerosis-funding-boost

1 Jul 2024: A world-first stem cell biobank and a groundbreaking clinical trial for brain repair treatment are among the significant advances in multiple sclerosis (MS) research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania. These
Tasmania's best soil judges announced

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/tasmanias-best-soil-judges-announced

11 Jun 2024: The winners of this year’s Tasmanian Soil Judging Competition have been selected and they’re now gearing up to put their skills to the test in a major competition. Agricultural science students at the University of Tasmania recently competed for
Under pressure: scientists call for urgent conservation action to…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/under-pressure-scientists-call-for-urgent-conservation-action-to-save-maugean-skate

16 May 2023: The evidence is in and scientists are calling for urgent conservation action, after monitoring revealed that the Maugean skate population has rapidly declined by almost half in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania – their last remaining habitat and one
New Alumni Committee announced

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/new-alumni-committee-announced

9 May 2024: We are delighted to announce the new University of Tasmania Alumni Committee. The committee’s role is to advise the University on engagement with the alumni community, which now totals over 160,000 graduates around the world. Among its activities,
An evolution of marine research at IMAS Taroona

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/an-evolution-of-marine-research-at-imas-taroona

4 Jul 2024: Taroona Labs in 1971 (Credit: Ross Winstanley) Marine research laboratories at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies’ (IMAS) Taroona site have played a significant role in the evolution of Tasmania’s fisheries and aquaculture science
Human rights laws recommended for Tasmania

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/human-rights-laws-recommended-for-tasmania

30 Apr 2024: Tasmania should enact laws that better protect human rights, a new research paper from the Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) has recommended. A Charter of Human Rights or a Human Rights Act should be adopted and an independent Human Rights
Antarctic science and art meet for Tasmanian premiere of…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/antarctic-science-and-art-meet-for-tasmanian-premiere-of-groundbreaking-opera

4 Apr 2024: A unique collaboration between the arts and sciences at the University of Tasmania will be realised with the Tasmanian premiere of the groundbreaking opera ANTARCTICA this month. ANTARCTICA in concert will represent the culmination of work begun
Message in a satellite tag

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/message-in-a-satellite-tag

20 May 2024: At the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), our PhD candidates play a vital and exciting role in building the global marine and Antarctic science knowledge bank. Meet Dr Collette Appert whose PhD research is
Marine CO2 removal technologies could depend on the appetite of the…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/marine-co-removal-technologies-could-depend-on-the-appetite-of-the-oceans-tiniest-animals

17 Jun 2024: As the world struggles to decarbonise, it’s becoming increasingly clear we’ll need to both rapidly reduce emissions and actively remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report
Of ice and fire: what sea salt in Antarctic snowfall reveals about…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/of-ice-and-fire-what-sea-salt-in-antarctic-snowfall-reveals-about-bushfires-worse-than-the-black-summer

14 Jun 2024: Australia has a long history of bushfires. The 2019-2020 Black Summer was the worst in recorded history. But was that the worst it could get?Our new research has reconstructed the past 2,000 years of southeast Australia’s bushfire weather, drawing
Urgent call for Southern Ocean science in a changing world

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/urgent-call-for-southern-ocean-science-in-a-changing-world

18 Aug 2023: Today hundreds of international scientists are sounding a clarion call for urgent expansion of Southern Ocean science in the emerging climate crisis. This week 300 scientists from 25 nations have been meeting in the Antarctic gateway city of Hobart
Floating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/floating-robots-reveal-just-how-much-airborne-dust-fertilises-the-southern-ocean-a-key-climate-shock-absorber

16 May 2024: The Southern Ocean, a region critical to Earth’s climate, hosts vast blooms of microscopic ocean plants known as phytoplankton. They form the very basis of the Antarctic food web. Using a fleet of robotic floats, our study published in Nature today
Antarctic researcher wins prestigious Fellowship to study in the US

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/antarctic-researcher-wins-prestigious-fellowship-to-study-in-the-us

10 Feb 2023: A University of Tasmania Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) graduate has won a prestigious Quad Fellowship to investigate the historic impacts of climate change on glacial melting in Antarctica. Mika Bighin has arrived in the United
New ocean model goes in for the krill

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-ocean-model-goes-in-for-the-krill

27 Jul 2023: For the first time, researchers are able to predict where Antarctic krill populations live and in what numbers, information that is critical to forecasting the future of Southern Ocean ecosystems. The study published this week outlines a new tool,
Tourism researcher to chair key industry body

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/tourism-researcher-to-chair-key-industry-body

20 Oct 2023: Tourism researcher Anne Hardy has become the first academic, and first woman, to chair influential industry body Destination Southern Tasmania. Associate Professor Hardy, who has been a board member of the organisation for six years, will lead heavy
A billion signals that tell our oceans’ story

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/a-billion-signals-that-tell-our-oceans-story

18 Dec 2023: The Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), a network of equipment ranging from autonomous floats, moorings, buoys, gliders, radars and even tagged seals, has collected and delivered more than 1 billion measurements from across Australia’s
Vital funding partnership announced to save Red Handfish from…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/vital-funding-partnership-announced-to-save-red-handfish-from-extinction

17 May 2023: A tiny marine anglerfish, found only in waters off Tasmania and near extinction with just 100 remaining in the wild, is being given a better chance at survival thanks to a funding partnership announced in Hobart today. The Foundation for
National Science Week 2023 kicks off

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/national-science-week-2023-kicks-off

11 Aug 2023: Tasmanians have been encouraged to “get curious” this month, with scientists taking over the streets across the state for National Science Week, running from August 12-20, 2023. The program officially kicks off this weekend, featuring exhibitions,
Research at the forefront of national agenda with over $3.5 million…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/research-at-the-forefront-of-national-agenda-with-over-$3.5-million-in-new-funding

3 Nov 2023: University of Tasmania researchers have been awarded almost $4 million for discovery projects and infrastructure, highlighting Tasmania’s reputation for the highest quality research that contributes to the nation and world. Five research teams have
Baby love: 21 red handfish hatched in successful conservation…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/baby-love-21-red-handfish-hatched-in-successful-conservation-breeding-program

29 Nov 2023: Twenty-one red handfish hatchlings have arrived in the second ever conservation breeding event in captivity – and it’s an essential part of protecting this critically endangered species from extinction. “Despite being a small clutch, this is
$2.2 million for critical and impactful research

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/$2.2-million-for-critical-and-impactful-research

15 Feb 2023: Three University of Tasmania research teams have been awarded more than $2. 2 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Projects scheme, to progress innovative and collaborative research projects across diverse fields. Deputy
Seaweeds in a changing world: International Seaweed Symposium comes…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/seaweeds-in-a-changing-world-international-seaweed-symposium-comes-to-hobart

17 Feb 2023: Seaweeds are unsung heroes of healthy oceans, but next week they’ll take centre stage when 500 seaweed science and industry experts gather in Hobart to talk about seaweed protection and potential. The prestigious International Seaweed Symposium (ISS
From building waste to wildlife sanctuary: IMAS donation to Bonorong…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/from-building-waste-to-wildlife-sanctuary-imas-donation-to-bonorong-wildlife-sanctuary-sees-sustainability-in-action

15 Nov 2023: The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) has worked with Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary on a sustainable solution for repurposing the materials being removed ahead of a proposed upgrade to the world-class fisheries and aquaculture precinct
‘Forever chemicals’ detected in lutruwita / Tasmania’s Little…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/forever-chemicals-detected-in-lutruwita-tasmanias-little-penguins-and-their-nests

15 Jan 2024: Scientists have detected PFAS in the nesting soils and blood of Little penguins (Eudyptula minor) that forage and breed along lutruwita/Tasmania’s coastlines, and it’s alarming evidence that ‘forever chemicals’ have become widespread in
New Director for Tasmania Law Reform Institute

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/new-director-for-tasmania-law-reform-institute

5 Dec 2022: The University of Tasmania’s Jeremy Prichard has been appointed Director of the Tasmania Law Reform Institute. “I look forward to working closely with the Institute’s Board to serve Tasmanians through informed and impartial analysis of the
Learn how to live with fire

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/learn-how-to-live-with-fire

11 Dec 2023: A free, online short course that explores the unpredictability of bushfires and how we live with them is teaching the community how to adapt in a changing climate. Dr Penelope Jones, who developed the short course, said this was a great opportunity
Climate drivers behind Antarctic melt caused recent sea level rise

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/climate-drivers-behind-antarctic-melt-caused-recent-sea-level-rise

14 Nov 2023: A team of researchers has revealed that climate variability—specifically the El NiÃo Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Southern Annular Mode—played a significant role in the changes observed in the Antarctic Ice Sheet over the past 20
Tasmanian fisheries forensics technology set to improve global catch…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/tasmanian-fisheries-forensics-technology-set-to-improve-global-catch-management

18 Dec 2023: With an ever-increasing hunger for seafood globally, finding low-cost but effective ways of monitoring catches has never been more important to ensure sustainability. In 2020, global wild capture fisheries production was estimated at 90. 3 million
Scientists deep dive into the environmental performance of salmon…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/scientists-deep-dive-into-the-environmental-performance-of-salmon-farming-in-storm-bay

9 Jan 2024: A new environmental monitoring program in Storm Bay is revealing exactly how the local marine environment is responding to salmon aquaculture – and it’s serving as an early warning system to detect any signs of enrichment from excess nutrients
Literacy symposium to encourage Tasmanian solutions

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/literacy-symposium-to-encourage-tasmanian-solutions

28 Aug 2023: Researchers, policy-makers and community representatives will come together on a mission to improve the state’s literacy levels at the University of Tasmania this week. Early years literacy will be the focus of the two-day Cuthill Family Foundation
Antarctic sea ice scientist wins Future Fellowship grant

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/antarctic-sea-ice-scientist-wins-future-fellowship-grant

31 Jul 2023: A leading Antarctic scientist at the University of Tasmania has been awarded nearly one million dollars from the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Future Fellowship scheme for a four-year research project into a type of sea ice crucial for the
Promoting options for cutting Tasmania’s transport emissions

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/promoting-options-for-cutting-tasmanias-transport-emissions

1 Aug 2023: Tasmania may be one of the few places on earth which has already reached net-zero and has a head start in the transition to a low-carbon future. Our next challenge is to start the hard work of reducing emissions across the entire economy from heavy
On the edge: warming waters destabilising ‘cold’ ice shelf

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/on-the-edge-warming-waters-destabilising-cold-ice-shelf

12 Oct 2023: Researchers have found large-scale anomalies in wind and sea ice are causing the waters below an East Antarctic ice shelf to warm, which could affect future sea level rise across the world. Dr Matthis Auger is a co-author of the new study published
Community input sought on privacy laws

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/community-input-sought-on-privacy-laws

2 May 2023: The privacy of Tasmanians will be the subject of a major review, and the public are being asked for their input. The Tasmania Law Reform Institute has been tasked with examining the state’s legal protections around privacy. The Institute has
United Nations partnership encourages Tasmanian community to cross…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/united-nations-partnership-encourages-tasmanian-community-to-cross-the-divide

15 May 2023: Encouraging Tasmanians to bridge local divisions about vital environmental and heritage issues will be at the heart of a new partnership with a United Nations agency. Making good decisions, with less damaging conflict, about the state’s natural,
Education researcher Carmel Hobbs awarded ABC residency

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/education-researcher-carmel-hobbs-awarded-abc-residency

7 Jul 2023: Education researcher Carmel Hobbs has been recognised as one of the country’s most promising academic communicators with a sought-after ABC Top 5 residency. Carmel has been selected as one of five Humanities focused researchers to undertake a
Access all areas: first recorded sighting of humpback whales in…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/access-all-areas-first-recorded-sighting-of-humpback-whales-in-antarcticas-western-weddell-sea

11 Oct 2023: Scientists onboard Antarctic-bound tourist vessels have a unique opportunity to get up-close observations of baleen whales and, in the summer of 2022, they witnessed something remarkable. IMAS University of Tasmania PhD candidate Angus Henderson
Law Week talks tackle human rights, social change and (de)extinction

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/law-week-talks-tackle-human-rights,-social-change-and-deextinction

3 May 2023: The University will host talks on some of our most important legal issues, as well as an opening address from Tasmania’s Chief Justice when Law Week kicks off later this month. The Hon Alan Blow AO will officially launch Law Week Tasmania 2023 at
Top honour for world leader in bushfire research

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/top-honour-for-world-leader-in-bushfire-research

30 Aug 2022: Professor David Bowman, one of the world’s leading bushfire scientists, has received a prestigious Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship. Professor Bowman is a Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science at the University of Tasmania. He