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Research has shown that a stretch of ocean surrounding the tip of the Dampier Peninsula, 200 kilometres north of Broome, acts as an invisible genetic barrier for a popular harvested tropical fish known as the stripey snapper. The findings highlight the importance of the transition zone at the border of the Kimberley and Canning marine […]
By: Moataz Kordi (Curtin University) The crowdsourcing data approach for information gathering has been used worldwide for a variety of purposes, from creating and sharing geographic information volunteered by individuals through common and freely available platforms such as Wikimapia and OpenStreetMap, to assisting in human crises situations through programs such as Ushahidi. The crowdsourcing approach […]
There’s no doubt that Big Data is one of those concepts that is completely transforming the way we do research but what other capability does a facility like the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre have that can help marine science? In June, the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre is offering a range of free short courses on supercomputing topics. WAMSI […]
Professor Lynnath Beckley from Murdoch University has led a team who spent two years using low altitude aerial surveys to monitor human activity along the Kimberley coast and adjacent waters. “People always talk about the remoteness and the emptiness of the Kimberley but this is the first time anyone has actually quantified human presence along […]
Written by Brooke Hunter , Science Network WA MARINE scientists are using results from a recent reef study at Tallon Island, north of Broome, to develop predictive models for use on other reef systems in the Kimberley. Speaking at the 2015 WAMSI Research Conference, University of Western Australia Associate Professor Ryan Lowe said the interactions […]
The Western Australian Marine Science Institution has welcomed the launch of the Blueprint for Marine Science 2050 as an important turning point to support future industry competitiveness and effective management of Western Australia’s marine environment and the Australian economy. The Blueprint, launched today by WA Premier and Minister for Science Colin Barnett, identifies the key […]
As a climate change ecologist and passionate science communicator, Professor Gretta Pecl knows the challenges of talking about dire threats to the oceans and species extinction, without people feel overwhelmed and ‘switching off’. Professor Pecl, the Director of the Centre for Marine Socioecology at The University of Tasmania, and a researcher at the Institute for […]