Rachel Austin

Research Officer and underwater photographer who works at The University of Western Australia focusing on seagrass restoration

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

And we have now hit the ONE MILLION FRUIT COLLECTED!! 💪🎉🌱

The 2024 Seeds for Snapper program is shaping up to be a big one thanks to all our incredible @ozfishunlimited volunteers both in the water and on the shore

@uwaoceans
@UWAresearch
@BiolSci_UWA
@World_Seagrass

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

Seeds for Snapper 2024, Days 7&8

WE'VE CRACKED HALF A MILLION FRUIT COLLECTED 💪

Today we also saw the first of our seeds get dispersed - good luck to all 63 000 of them! 🌱

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

@uwaoceans
@UWAresearch
@BiolSci_UWA
@World_Seagrass

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

Seeds for Snapper 2024, Days 7&8

WE'VE CRACKED HALF A MILLION FRUIT COLLECTED 💪

Today we also saw the first of our seeds get dispersed - good luck to all 63 000 of them! 🌱

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

With Day 5 of the 2024 Seeds for Snapper season now complete we have passed the 300 000 fruit mark! 💪🌱

#posidonia #australis

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

With Day 5 of the 2024 Seeds for Snapper season now complete we have passed the 300 000 fruit mark! 💪🌱

#posidonia #australis

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

Day 2 has yielded another 87 000 fruit thanks to our @ozfishunlimited volunteer divers! Soon these tanks will be full of seeds instead of fruit!

#seagrass
#restoration
#posidonia

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

Day 2 has yielded another 87 000 fruit thanks to our @ozfishunlimited volunteer divers! Soon these tanks will be full of seeds instead of fruit!

#seagrass
#restoration
#posidonia

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

And we're off!

The 2024 Seeds for Snapper season is officially underway with over 85 000 fruit collected on our first day thanks to the incredible volunteer divers from @ozfishunlimited

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

And we're off!

The 2024 Seeds for Snapper season is officially underway with over 85 000 fruit collected on our first day thanks to the incredible volunteer divers from @ozfishunlimited

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

New paper alert! 🚨🌱

Early #seedling development and survival of #seagrasses #Posidonia australis and P. sinuosa using different seed‐based #restoration methods

https://t.co/8kmsURlZoo

@UWAresearch
@uwaoceans
@BiolSci_UWA
@World_Seagrass

[Kasper E Brodersen @KE_Brodersen]

New Paper in MEPS!

Photosynthesis & respiration in sheath-covered eelgrass seeds increase with temperature, but with stronger response in respiration, which can have negative impact on synthesis rates of storage products and thereby germination success.

https://t.co/uOfYfhFhlN

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

We have a new paper out!

[Elizabeth Sinclair 🇦🇺🇺🇦 @SeagrassLiz]

'If we look after Country, then Country will look after you'
Our new paper describes a #partnership between western scientists and Aboriginal Traditional Custodians to improve #seagrassrestoration outcomes in #Gathaagudu (Shark Bay)
https://t.co/DSOCdULSM4

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

My first ISBW and WSC and what an incredible venue! This is also the largest seagrass conference ever with almost 500 scientists from 48 countries gathering in Napoli - such an honour and privilege to be part of this 🌱

[ISBW15 @ISBW15_WSC24]

Let the show begin! #ISBW15!

[ISBW15 @ISBW15_WSC24]

Let the show begin! #ISBW15!

[UWA Oceans Institute @uwaoceans]

"We lost over 1,300 square kilometres of seagrasses in the system that were capping all that organic carbon in the sediment, so now when storms come they disturb the sediment [and] release all of that buried carbon"
- Prof @GaryAKendrick

https://t.co/LSEFcwlwVw

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

Incredible opportunity to learn about mircosensing in seagrass, but the 25micron sensors definitely tests the nerves!

[Kasper E Brodersen @KE_Brodersen]

Back in Australia, training and working with @CoralEMU @Rachel_Austin_ (Gary Kendrick’s lab) at UWA, Perth. Microsensors are now positioned inside the #seagrass leaf, measuring sulfide and oxygen over time. Going to be very interesting to see the final results. @seas_green

[School of Biological Sciences, UWA @BiolSci_UWA]

Hi everyone, @jane_edgeloe here for the July #Twittertakeover #PhDinthelife series! I am a 3rd year #PhDcandidate with @BiolSci_UWA and @uwaoceans, studying #seaweed #genetics 🧬, and I will be taking over the @BiolSci_UWA Twitter today! Stay tuned for what I’ve been up to 🤿🎓🌊

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

An absolutely incredible week of marine science at #AMSA2023 on the Gold Coast.

It was a proud moment to be able to share the #SeedsforSnapper success story with the AMSA community, and to receive such positive feedback 🌱

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

Back in 2020 we started a huge mesocosm experiment just as covid kicked off. It was one crazy rollercoaster but it's so great to see the (super interesting) results coming out - have a read! ⏬ 🌱

#seagrass
#metabolomics
#climatechange

[Maria Jung @CoralEMU]

New PhD paper out in @NewPhyt!🎉
We unraveled different response mechanisms in leaf #metabolism of temperate & tropical #seagrasses🌱when exposed to extreme climatic events under #oceanwarming with indication of early warning potential.⏰
Read more here➡️
https://t.co/ca329GZrGq

[Todd Bond @DrToddBond]

Friday feels...
Filmed 1153m Gascoyne Marine Reserve with
@ausmarineparks @minderoo @wamuseum @deepseauwa through the Our Marine Parks Grant.
@UWAresearch @BiolSci_UWA @uwanews
#deepsea #seacucumber

[Rachel Austin @Rachel_Austin_]

Organising and completing a hectare of seagrass restoration in remote Shark Bay was no easy feat but I'm stoked with the results so far!!

[School of Biological Sciences, UWA @BiolSci_UWA]

Researchers from UWA have teamed up with indigenous Malgana Rangers and Malgana divers from Tidal Moon to embark on a ground-breaking seagrass restoration project in Shark Bay.
Have a watch to learn more!

https://t.co/wJ5FVbzjOb

[School of Biological Sciences, UWA @BiolSci_UWA]

Researchers from UWA have teamed up with indigenous Malgana Rangers and Malgana divers from Tidal Moon to embark on a ground-breaking seagrass restoration project in Shark Bay.
Have a watch to learn more!

https://t.co/wJ5FVbzjOb

[Bureau of Meteorology, Western Australia @BOM_WA]

Heavy rainfall from #thunderstorms in #Perth has now eased. However, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS with heavy rainfall are still possible this evening and overnight over parts of the South West Land Division. Keep up to date with the latest warnings here https://t.co/JjGSqtjcvJ