Beautiful sunny weekend in Exmouth ☀️ Fantastic reflecting on the incredible and impactful research Exmouth Research Lab has already achieved and supported over only a few years. Invigorated to keep fighting for these incredible ecosystems of #Nyingulu and the Gulf 🪸🌱🦈🐋

Deja vu. theconversation.com/the-great-barr… Another 5-yearly Outlook Report this week on the endangered Great Barrier Reef. We need action on climate change, not another glossy report.

Happy to announce the publication of the first chapter from my PhD!! Here we show evidence of co-gradient variation within a coral reef #fish on the #GBR across a #thermal gradient. Also, happy to announce that the article is #OpenAccess ! Jenni Donelson DOI: doi.org/10.1093/conphy…

Lastly, a big thank you to Alexandre C Siqueira for running a R map making workshop James Cook Uni many moons ago that led to the creation of the map figures in this publication.

spawnwatch.org Check out this incredible resource for Caribbean coral spawning species In development by Lizz Boville. Share your spawning observations. Please provide feedback. Medina Lab PSU Spawn Watch

"Looking after the Reef and addressing climate change should not be seen as costs but as investments, win-win investments for nature and the economy." Coral bleaching is not only heartbreaking, it’s also bad economics theconversation.com/coral-bleachin… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

This should be front page news… it should have been since 2016… we’re now in 2024… it’s still happening & getting worse! What’s the plan? Tanya Plibersek Anthony Albanese Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Reef fishes are diverse, & so are their diets. What led to the diversity of diets🍴seen in fishes on reefs today? 🪸🐠 Read more here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2… Published in Royal Society Publishing w/ The Bellwood Lab, Prof Jan Strugnell, Vale Parravicini, & Alexandre C Siqueira James Cook Uni Reef Function Hub

Did you ever wonder whether #birds use or depend on #coral reefs? Or if birds might be affected by coral bleaching? Our new paper w Víctor Huertas Nicholas James + Chia Miin Chua develops novel framework + reviews evidence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec… #CoralReef #seabird #fishes

After Exmouth Gulf Taskforce meetings concluded last week, Paul was eager to join leading whale researcher, John Totterdell, on his research vessel in the Gulf. They were followed by humpback whales from the Qualing Pool area, which we’ve been working to protect, heading north.

Yesterday the museum had Marine Biology and Aquaculture students from James Cook Uni join us for a morning of talks with the Queensland Museum Tropics research, conservation and collection management team🧑‍🔬🪸⚓

It’s International Whale Shark Day! World Heritage-isted Nyinggulu is well-known for its annual aggregation of whale sharks. We are so lucky to have these incredible creatures visiting the Ningaloo coast every year! 📸 Brooke Pyke

Delighted to be at ⁦Australian Museum Eureka Prizes⁩ representing octopus & ice sheets team for prize for excellence in interdisciplinary scientific research ⁦Sally Lau⁩ ⁦Nerida Wilson⁩ ⁦MarineOmics⁩ ⁦Tim Naish⁩ ⁦Nick Golledge⁩ ⁦James Cook Uni⁩ ⁦Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future⁩

Severe coral bleaching around Okinawa: A vivid reminder of the urgent need for climate action. 🪸🪸Let’s protect these underwater treasures before they’re gone. #Coralbleaching #okinawa #marineconservation #Climateaction #climatechange

Great way to end the incredible AMSA-NSMSS 2024 Conference 2024 with Prof Catriona Hurd, debunking myths around carbon drawdown with seaweeds #AMSA

CALLING ALL BIRD NERDS we are hiring Asst Prof Avian Ecology at UW Seattle! Please apply, or spread the word: ap.washington.edu/ahr/position-d…