I was privileged to have the opportunity to study science at university, and I have always been particularly interested in taxonomy that is naming, defining and classifying groups of organisms based on shared characteristics. This is fundamental to … [Read more...] about What about all the Alveopora? (Part 1)
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The Future of Climate Forecasting (Part 1)
My husband, John Abbot, has kept going with research into AI and climate forecasting. One of his most important recent papers can be downloaded from Earth Sciences. Some of the latest Nobel prizes in science, including in chemistry, have been for … [Read more...] about The Future of Climate Forecasting (Part 1)
How they Try and Distract Us
There are some people, so obsessed with politics they can’t even see the parrot fish; they just go on and on and on about the coral bleaching that they have never seen. And these are mostly the people that our institutions give the microphones to. … [Read more...] about How they Try and Distract Us
Which Turtle, and Where was VW – the Mega Grouper? Part 5. Inaugural Megafauna Expedition, September 2024
It is one of the best wreck dives in the world, arguably one of the top ten dive sites in the world – and yet we know so little about it. Who did the last inventory of the megafauna at the Yongala? When I was there earlier this year, on May 6th, … [Read more...] about Which Turtle, and Where was VW – the Mega Grouper? Part 5. Inaugural Megafauna Expedition, September 2024
Diving the North Wall, Myrmidon Reef, Part 4. Inaugural Megafauna Expedition, September 2024
I am yet to dive the North Wall at Myrmidon. As part of the inaugural Megafauna Expedition, onboard the MV Sea Esta, I was deck hand on Friday, 6th September 2024. I was holding Laura Boderke’s underwater camera, as she waited. Leaning backwards … [Read more...] about Diving the North Wall, Myrmidon Reef, Part 4. Inaugural Megafauna Expedition, September 2024
Largest of the Saved Clams, Part 3. Inaugural Megafauna Expedition, September 2024
In May 1992, and again in March and April 1993, the Royal Australian Navy, specifically HMAS Tarakan, was involved in the translocation of tens of thousands of clams as part of Operation CLAMSAVER. The clams were moved from a successful breeding … [Read more...] about Largest of the Saved Clams, Part 3. Inaugural Megafauna Expedition, September 2024
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
