“The godfather of coral”, Dr. Charlie Veron, has just released his memoir through Penguin Books, titled A Life Underwater. It’s touted as “The extraordinary memoir of marine biologist Charlie Veron, a maverick Australian who transformed our understanding of coral reefs … [...]
It’s always a treat when Alex Rose joins us to share her underwater exploits. This time she takes us from Orca hunting in Norway to the Philippines, and then to Australia. Don’t miss the stories this week and be sure to check out her photos below. Download the podcast here, or subscribe to [...]
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been hit by widespread coral bleaching, which has the potential to be devastating to one of the world’s most iconic natural wonders. Battered by record warming on land and sea the past two years, coral reefs around the world have suffered bleaching [...]
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been counting the days until the BBC broadcasts its upcoming nature documentary on the Great Barrier Reef, presented by the legendary Sir David Attenborough. Now, at long last, we are less than two weeks away from the airing of the first episode on December [...]
A team led by Dr Shari Gallop, Research Fellow in Geology and Geophysics at the University of Southampton has found that the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is a very effective wave disturber, despite large gaps between reef sections. “A number of previous studies have investigated the attenuation [...]
A recent study has documented a historical decline in coral growth on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. A team led by Carnegie’s Ken Caldeira compared measurements of the rate of calcification on a segment of the GBR called Bird Island between 1975 and 1979 to those made at a neighboring [...]
Global warming and ocean acidification are two aspects that are quickly reshaping what we know as the coral reefs, and with these factors moving in quickly, scientists are wondering where the optimum coral areas of the oceans will be in the future. A new study published recently in Global Change [...]
You’ve seen the title. Let’s be honest, most of us love watching nature documentaries, especially those that focus on underwater life. I’ve watched dozens of them, starting from when I was a little kid glued to bow-front glass panel of 80s era TV where Jacques Cousteau introduced [...]
