19 January 2012 The wrecking of the MV Tycoon happened just as Christmas Island's famous crabs began spawning. Justin Gilligan Christmas Island oil spill: time to value natural treasures, not just trade By Jean-Paul Hobbs, University of Western Australia and Carlos Duarte, University of Western Australia Christmas Island has been once again in the headlines: not because of incidents involving asylum-seekers, but because of the recent sinking and breaking up of the Panamanian phosphate carrier MC Tycoon…
6 March 2012 Bright green algal bloom is so vast it can be seen from space By Justin Norrie, The Conversation A field of green algae stretching hundreds of kilometres across the ocean surface near Antarctica is so bright that it is…
11 October 2011 Dispersants may do more harm than good in NZ oil spill case By Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation Dispersants used to break down the 300 tonnes of oil that has leaked from a cargo ship into New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty may…
10 October 2011 NZ oil spill may hurt marine ecosystems: experts By Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation Experts have warned of damage to marine ecosystems after the cargo ship Rena struck a New Zealand reef and leaked around…
9 November 2011 Coastal ecosystems shouldn’t be overlooked Zoological Society of London The world’s coastal marine ecosystems are being overlooked, both in terms of their ecological importance and their potential…
17 October 2011 Piranhas have a bark to match their bite University of Liège Piranhas have been found to bark by a team of biologists from the University of Liège, Belgium. The scientists used a hydrophone…
