Australia’s Ocean Odyssey on ABC

Check out the amazing series on the ABC exploring the East Australian Current and its impact on eastern Australia:

https://www.facebook.com/abccentralvictoria/videos/706642709905458/

Tuesdays 8:30pm AEST on ABC and iview, starting June 9

Aerial Reef-Mapping Technology

Amazing technological advances out of Arizona State University mean that coral reefs can be mapped at a rate of 250,000 acres a day, and at resolution of 4 centimeters!

Full article at: NYTimes 10jun19

CORAL BIODIVERSITY (Images by Greg Asner, Arizona State University Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Courtesy of The New York Times)

Live ROV exploration off Holmes Reef

The Schmidt Ocean Institute has started a month-long exploration of the Coral Reef Marine Park in northern Queensland and is broadcasting live to YouTube and Facebook. Check out their daily live-streams for amazing deep-sea creatures and geological structures!

https://www.facebook.com/SchmidtOcean/videos/2311403765830412/

The expedition is maintaining social distancing regulations by connecting the scientists from their individual locations on-shore to the vessel’s crew operating the ROV SUBastian aboard the RV Falcor. Technology is so amazing!