Responding to Climate Change

Marine heatwaves - periods of prolonged, anomalously warm upper ocean temperatures, often extending over large areas – can have major impacts on marine species and associated fisheries and can modify regional climate. 

The East Australian Current (EAC) is the Western Boundary Current flowing along the east coast of Australia.

In the context of climate change and ocean warming, extreme temperatures are getting more frequent and more intense.

While Bluebottles are responsible for thousands of stings every year, little is known about their journey before stranding on our beaches.

Larval fish are sensitive to environmental changes, with many oceanographic processes influencing their distribution, abundance and survival. 

Microbial mat ecosystems in Shark Bay, Australia, are under varying levels of stress as a result of hypersalinity, temperature, and desiccation. 

This project aims to investigate how marine sponges and ascidian produce the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide.