One more for Shark Week – an article about a new shark monitoring technique thanks to the University of Newcastle, in collaboration with Macquarie University and the Sydney Institute:
Full article at: The Herald 02dec18
ROVs for Container Search and Recovery
ROVs are being used to survey the NSW Coast off Newcastle to locate and inspect containers lost off the YM Efficiency in June of this year.
Full article at: Marine Link 13nov18
Bone-eating worms discovered
It is fascinating to learn what new and exciting creatures scientists are still discovering in our oceans! And how fun that some of these incredible bone-eating worms were named after ROV pilots, ROVs, and even Jabba the Hut. Full article at: Phys.org 08may18
Rare Irish Shark Nursery Discovered
Quite an amazing find of a huge shark nursery at depth of ~750m off the cost of Ireland. The shark species spotted in the area are Blackmouth catshark, Galeus melastomus, abundant in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, and the more unusual and solitary Sailfin roughshark Oxynotus paradoxus (see the Forbes article for a photo of the sail fin shark).
Full article at: breaking news.ie 08nov18 and Forbes 09nov18
Oceans Warmed 60% More Than Estimated
We already know that the world’s oceans absorb 90 percent of the excess heat trapped by our greenhouse gas emissions. A study in the journal Nature, published last Wednesday, suggests that oceans are warming far faster than the estimates laid out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the global organization for climate data. Not good news for the world’s marine life…
Full article at: New York Times 31oct18