RV Investigator probe reveals Bass Strait shipwreck after 'chance encounter'
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Oceans and Atmosphere
Published: 18 May 2018
CSIRO’s RV Investigator discovered the 1890 wreck of the barque Carlisle in Bass Strait during seabed mapping, along with two more wrecks off Australia’s east coast, including HMAS Pioneer and one unidentified vessel.
Keywords: CSIRO, RV Investigator, shipwreck, Carlisle, HMAS Pioneer, Bass Strait, maritime archaeology
Aerosol Pollution Influences Weather Systems
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 5 October 2016
New research shows black carbon aerosols suppress atmospheric turbulence, trapping pollution near the surface, worsening health impacts, and influencing extreme weather, based on UAS measurements over the Maldives.
Keywords: black carbon, aerosols, turbulence, climate change, UAS, Maldives, pollution
A star of the sea
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 5 October 2016
PhD student Kate Nesbit successfully cultured juvenile Lytechinus sea urchins from larvae to settlement in the Hamdoun Lab, producing 1mm-wide individuals just over two months old.
Keywords: sea urchin, Lytechinus, aquaculture, larvae, settlement, Hamdoun Lab
