Field Trip to One Tree Island on the Great Barrier Reef
Prof Jody Webster led a group of four staff and 19 Master’s students from the MARS5007 Coral Reefs and Climate Change unit to visit One Tree Island in April, in the southern Great Barrier Reef. They explored the diverse range of habitats that characterise the One Tree coral reef ecosystem, which unfortunately is in the …
Off to the Maldives
Lachie Perris and Prof Ana Vila-Concejo had an incredible field campaign in the Maldives in April 2024. Deemed by some as the largest atoll experiment ever, the ARISE-2024 campaign focuses on the natural adaptation of atoll islands to sea level rise and is part of a $5.5m project. The campaign included tens of hydrodynamic deployments …
The Marine Ecology and Microbiology (MEM) Lab
The Marine Ecology and Microbiology (MEM) lab, led by A/Prof. Ziggy Marzinelli, focuses on understanding the processes that generate, maintain and impact marine ecosystems. We integrate the theory and experimental approach of marine ecology with molecular tools and microbiology to understand the role of host (e.g. genetics), microbes and environment in driving resilience of marine …
Hunting underwater ancient volcanoes to understand plate-plume interactions in the Coral and Tasman seas
Massive volcanic eruptions are a fundamental part of the Earth System, responsible for globally disruptive events, from significant impacts on humans, to kickstarting the break-up of continents, generating wealth-producing ore deposits and triggering global climate crises and mass extinctions. This project will reveal relationships between hot, deep sources of volcanic material, and the tectonic processes …
Another PhD for Prof Pauline Ross
Prof Pauline Ross has recently been conferred another (!) PhD, this one in Higher Education, through the University of Melbourne’s Centre for the Study of Higher Education, for her 99k word thesis “Evolution and resilience of academics in Higher Education ecosystems in Australia”. Congratulations Prof Ross! Abstract An ecological approach was used to analyse the …
Re-defining the Human-Shark Relationship in Australia
Run by Dr. Chris Pepin-Neff, this marine social science research is a collaboration with the Sydney Environment Institute and looks at the way the human-shark relationship can be redefined. For millions of years sharks have swum through native waters, and dating back to Aboriginal carvings, sharks have represented a threat in the human imaginary. The …