You may unfortunately be hearing a lot about coral bleaching lately, so here is a daily dose of science with the Australian Institute of Marine Science definition of coral bleaching.

Job alert - Quantitative marine ecologists: 2-years postdoc to work with us at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville: aims.gov.au/about/careers-… Australian Institute of Marine Science @GBRFoundation Aust Coral Reef Soc

ACRS medal categories open this year are: - Established Researcher (>15y) - Science Education & Conservation (any career stage) Nominations due 17 April - put your thinking caps on - who will you nominate?? Link: tinyurl.com/4dbhcc95 #coralreefs #ACRS2024 #scicomm

Haven’t registered for ACRS 2024 Perth yet? Quick! The quokkas are waiting for you! And, photographers who are ACRS members (if you’re not - it’s easy to sign up on the website), you have 1 WEEK to get your photos in. australiancoralreefsociety.org/conference/acr… #ACRS2024 #marinescience #coralreefs

Coming along to ACRS 2024 in Perth? Check out the workshops being run on Monday 6th May! Places are limited and spots are already over 50% full - get in quick! 1. Australian coral reef monitoring 2. MixOmics R-Workshop 3. WA Museum visits More info: tinyurl.com/4nuy5zsx

A HUGE thank you to our guest speakers at our student writing retreat this weekend at Yunbenun (Magnetic Is.) Insightful & creative tricks of the trade galore! Brock Bergseth Katharina Fabricius Katharina Fabricius & Troy Johnson

Corals can bounce back after heatwaves (and maintain genetic variation)– but only if there’s enough time between them aims.gov.au/information-ce… via Australian Institute of Marine Science nature.com/articles/s4200…

📸 🐠 🦈 🪸 Photo comp entries close COB TOMORROW 8th April. Submit up to 3 photos in each of: 1. Science-in-action 2. Diversity 3. Macro Must be an ACRS member to enter (sign up on website). tinyurl.com/4nuy5zsx Submit photos to [email protected]

Very happy we were able to support 14 of our emerging young scientists in learning all things ‘writing and publishing in science’. Our writing retreat was an inspiring, productive weekend that we hope to repeat! ✍️ 📖 Hosted by Apex Camps & run by Professor Jodie Rummer & Dr. Tania Kenyon

The 2024 mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef in numbers (preliminary analysis): - 46% of reefs experienced record high DHW - new record of 17.7 DHW from the southern GBR - 37% of the GBR has been exposed to three or more >6DHW events in the past decade (1/n)

WORKSHOP SPOTS & TOUR SLOTS for Mon May 6th are filling up fast! 1. Australian coral reef monitoring **ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT!** 2. MixOmics R-WORKSHOP **ONLY 3 SPOTS LEFT!** 3. West Australia Museum visits. **2PM SLOT IS FULL! 6 spots other slots** #ACRS2024 #perth #coralreefs

Our 2024 issue of Reef in Review is out and downloadable now on our website! australiancoralreefsociety.org/library/reefin…

T minus 1 week to the ACRS 2024 Conference in Perth. **PLEASE REGISTER ASAP** We need to confirm numbers with the venue tomorrow so please get onto it TODAY! #acrs #marinescience #coralreefs #phdlife #academia #research #conference #ACRS2024

Save the date: The next International Coral Reef Symposium will be held 19-24 July 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand.

A huge congratulations to these amazing budding young scientists who were recipients of the 2024 ACRS Student Research Awards 🪸🧡👏 - Jasmine Haskell - Matthew Clements - Jakob Quade - Eleanor Kelly #scientists #marinescience #coralreefs #research #phdchat #phdlife #corals