Our paper is out! 88% reduction in baleen whale sightings and 53% reduction in toothed whale sightings in the presence of seismic surveys. Analysis accounted for a range of variables across a large area of the NW Atlantic. nature.com/articles/s4159… Ailbhe Kavanagh Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC MaREI

⁦Australia Institute⁩ ad in ⁦The Sydney Morning Herald⁩ seeks public support for a petition demand for a levy of $1/tonne on Australia’s coal/oil/gas producers to raise up to $1.5B in 2020 for climate disaster costs, compensation and infrastructure reconstruction = Justified response.

Back in 2008, we were told we would see the impact of climate change on bushfire seasons by the year 2020. Well, 2020 is here. Climate change is happening. And we need to act.

Kangaroo Island bushfires: grave fears for unique wildlife | Bushfires | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-news…

Our latest paper on scarring on the big spotty ones, building on earlier work by SpeedyShark thanks for the solid work @EmilyKateLester Biodiversity and Conservation Science Such a fun collaboration with Australian Institute of Marine Science I will be back focusing on dolphins this year 🤓😉

Hot off the press! Check Rebecca Haughey new paper revealing a large population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins off the North West Cape in Western Australia! Another reason to protect Ningaloo Reef! CEBEL Marine & Coastal Research Consortium frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

FYI #WMMC19 Plenary Sessions are now available on-line. You can check here Marine Mammals and Climate Change, December 9th 2019 m.youtube.com/watch?v=jK39vk…

Our #icebreaker Aurora Australis is home in Hobart for the last time, after three decades of #Antarctic service. Welcome home, expeditioners and crew! See more at youtu.be/paK05BMrGxg

Monash University and the University of Tasmania are the big winners from a seven year, $56 million federal government allocation for Antarctic science. theaustralian.com.au/higher-educati…

Got half an hour to sit down with a cuppa? ☕ In this fascinating podcast, Brett Westwood & WDC ambassador & writer, Philip Hoare, explore our historical (& sometimes complex) relationship with the gentle giants of the sea: whales 🐋 Listen & be inspired > bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0…

How brutal politics derailed climate policy in Australia abc.net.au/news/2020-05-1…

Today in a nippy -18.6°C, Mawson research station slipped into the #Antarctic twilight zone. Our 19 expeditioners there waved off the last sunset for a couple of weeks. Bring on #MidwintersDay! 📷 Matt Williams, station leader

Controlled exposure experiments and focal follows with drones improve our understanding of how whales respond to boats, by showing that whales respond to boat noise level 🚤🔊🎵🐋 See our new publication in eLife - the journal bit.ly/2BRBSfv

Great video showing what our colleagues from @GoldbogenLab are up to. Shirel Kahane-Rapport Matthew Savoca William Gough Intl Bio-Logging Soc

During Innovation Month antarctica.gov.au celebrates some of our innovative projects - including this #RemotelyOperatedVehicle, which has revealed colourful and diverse marine communities under the sea ice near Davis research station in #Antarctica.

Over the past few days, as many as three #humpbackwhales were entangled in fishing gear off Vancouver Island - a juvenile humpback had 200 feet of rope removed. mypowellrivernow.com/30444/dfo-work…

WA is about to become the new leader in Australia's fight against killer ocean plastic! We congratulate Stephen Dawson MLC and the McGowan Government on their ambitious plan to ban single-use plastics and save our ocean wildlife. marineconservation.org.au/was-ban-on-pla…

Humpback #whale working with rescuers to get free of fishing gear. Thanks on behalf of this poor whale and thanks for this #feelgood video!! ⁦Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC)⁩ ⁦The Whale Museum⁩ ⁦Irish Whale and Dolphin Group⁩ ⁦Hebridean Whale & Dolphin Trust⁩ ⁦Ocean Champions 🦑⁩ ⁦⁦ bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…