The next few weeks are a critical time for the #GreatBarrierReef. Heat stress has built rapidly in many areas and local #bleaching is occurring. Regional weather conditions will determine if we observe minor or widespread bleaching. Watch here for the details. #ClimateCrisis
@MattRNitschke@thedivinggoose @jesseb3rg Yea not great. A combination of midday low tides in full sun followed by heavy rain at night during the next low tide caused the tips and crowns of a lot of shallow A. aspera to bleach
I've been on Heron Island for a month measuring community calcification and production with our team @CoralTrace@BillLeggat1 @jesseb3rg @thedivinggoose. Sadly, we've seen corals in the shallows begin to bleach and are monitoring the situation closely @UNSWScience @UON_research
@SurfingSiren@CoralTrace@BillLeggat1 @jesseb3rg @thedivinggoose@UNSWScience @UON_research Thanks Laura. I've used a combo of slack water and eulerian, will be very interesting to compare with your valuable baseline data. I'm trying to link the community metabolism with physiology measurements of coral along the transect. Curious to see how bleaching is affecting NEC
Here's a taste of the action at our #ScienceWeek event at @SydneyMarine x @UNSW for Highschool students - introducing them to NSW corals, #scicomm, calcification, photosynthesis plus colour-changing 3D printed coral polyps and virtual reality dives!
#SydneyScienceFestival
ACRS committee members, past and present, involved with the #SydneyScienceWeek event at @SydneyMarine, with 250 highschool students learning about our local NSW corals and why they're important and even taking a virtual dive on the reef!
#scicomm#STEM
@biogeochemSCU@CoralTrace@NOAACoral @jesseb3rg @UNSWScience @UON_research Helping my wife and her lab for the Sydney Science Festival. Don't worry I will be sure to tell the kids about the less charismatic side of reefs too! 🤓
New from Coulson, Brad, & Kai: sediment biota and #carbonate dissolution are both affected by warming temperatures. But it takes >1 week for responses to stabilize - important consideration for future work in this area! #climatechange https://t.co/1n1z1dfPNg