Remote Underwater Exploration
It is very exciting to see more Citizen Science projects happening around Australia and globally. Here are just a few:
You can also check out the Australian Citizen Science Association for other projects near you.
So great to hear such excitement in the voices of the NOAA researchers!
We spotted this eel-tailed catfish (Tandanus tandanus) in Lake Parramatta today. It is native to eastern Australia, also known as dewfish, freshwater catfish, jewfish, or tandan. As you can tell, we were lucky to see much of anything…
The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) “Boaty McBoatface” started its explorations in 2017 in the Arctic, exploring the Flichner Ice Shelf, measuring temperature, salinity and turbulence or mixing.
Full article at: BBC 13mar18
More recently, “Boaty McBoatface” headed to the Southern Ocean, collecting data that show Antarctic winds are linked to increasing ocean temperatures. Quite unexpected…
Video about the Southern Ocean excursion is available at: CNN.com 18jun19
We don’t use the phrase “Just when I thought I had seen it all” because stories like this one are being shared around the globe:
Divers just found a giant natural slinky on the Great Barrier Reef
This tube-like structure measures over 2.4 metres (8 feet) in length was identified byJames Cook University’s Dr Blake Spady as the egg tube of the Diamondback Squid. The squid, which itself is around 2 metres in length, can lay over 40,000 eggs in one ‘slinky’. Sadly, she dies afterwards.