1/2 Following heavy rainfall, a distinct white line appeared off the NSW South Coast, dividing blue ocean water from the Bega River floodwaters.

UNSW Professor Prof Moninya Roughan Roughan explains how the ‘halocline’ phenomenon occurred, as well as its impact: abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

This is my first first-author publication, and one I am super excited to share! Here, we manipulated artificial light and temperature to investigate impacts on sea urchin grazing and growth rates, with Mariana Mayer Byrne lab Ziggy Marzinelli royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Excited to share our new paper: 'Participatory research in complex marine conservation settings: A review of recent trends and lessons for the future'-> sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

It reviews 337 articles to provide guidance on how to apply participatory research in marine settings.

1/3 Heat brought by El Niño can warm oceans off West Antarctica, accelerating the melting of floating ice shelves and increasing global sea level, according to new research involving UNSW Dr Maurice Huguenin and Prof. Matt England .

unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/…

Heat from El Niño can warm oceans off West Antarctica – and melt floating ice shelves from below 🇦🇶🧊📈 theconversation.com/heat-from-el-n… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Excited to share our new paper: 'Knowledge exchange at the interface of marine science and policy: A review of progress and research needs' -> sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Includes an overview of the various approaches for improving KE, & the enablers needed for their implementation.

Read the paper here:

doi.org/10.1029/2023GL…

And a The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand article

theconversation.com/heat-from-el-n…

Australian Centre for Antarctic Science (ACEAS) UNSW CMSI ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes

Excited to 'tweet' 🐦 that the new publication from Prof. Matt England, Ryan Holmes, Paul Spence and I on the link between El Niño and warming on the West Antarctic continental shelf is out today AGU (American Geophysical Union)'s GRL:

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

Australian Centre for Antarctic Science (ACEAS) ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes UNSW CMSI

Excited to announce #SeaCofs The coastal ocean forecast system for SE Australia in collaboration with Australian Earth System Simulator (ACCESS-NRI) Integrated Marine Observing System Sydney Institute of Marine Science UNSWOceanography and UNSW Science UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Where you place oyster reefs influences the biodiversity they support. Important considerations for practitioners and managers. Nice work from a big team. doi.org/10.1111/rec.14…

It's World Water Day! Watch the UNSW Global Water Institute video on of some of the work of UNSW Scientists. This year's theme is Water for Peace, a theme we work under on our @ACIAR-funded PNG inland aquaculture project. UNSW Science UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences Ecosystem Science UNSW CMSI
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Congratulations to Prof Moninya Roughan, recipient of the 2023 Clarke Medal 2023 from the Royal Society of NSW, the oldest learned society in the Southern Hemisphere. Prof Moninya Roughan follows in the footsteps of Douglas Mawson in receiving this prestigious award! UNSW UNSWOceanography

New research shows that NSW Surfers want more funding for ocean cleanliness and drowning prevention initiatives, and are less interested in further investment in shark mitigation. Read more from Dr Amy Peden and Rob Brander here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anzj… #DrowningPrevention

New paper alert! Complexity-functioning relationships differ across different environmental conditions. Open access link here 🌊🐚doi.org/10.1016/j.jenv…

The Royal Society of New South Wales' 2023 Discipline Awards and Lectureships were awarded to Prof Moninya Roughan, Prof Maria Kavallaris AM 🌈, [email protected], and Hans Pols.

We had the pleasure of hosting an ACIAR Fisheries Research Program visit to UNSW Science. Great discussions about researchable issues in Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, and presentations from UNSW CMSI, UNSW Global Water Institute, and the Institute for Global Development.

The team's mission is to bring back balance to the entire Sydney Harbour seascape by reviving degraded habitats and optimising underutilised ones.

If successful, the project could become a template for revitalising urban marine sites around the world:

news.unsw.edu.au/en/inside-the-…

“Marine conservation is no longer about protecting what remains because too much has disappeared for ecosystems to recover on their own,” says UNSW marine ecologist Prof. Adriana Vergés (@adriatix). “It’s now about intervention, which means actively restoring what we have lost.”

🌊✨ Celebrating the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science with our #WomenInScience ! 🌟🔬

Today, we're proud to spotlight the trailblazing women in science at SIMS.

They each have their own unique journey and they inspire the next generation ocean changemakers!

Looking for beach-cast #Posidonia #seagrass fragments for #restoration sometimes ends in finding natural beach art instead