Dr Andy Lewis

Marine Scientist, small business owner, family man with 4 kids, lived in North Queensland since 1987. Coral Sea Foundation Executive Director.

[Dr Andy Lewis @DrAndyLewis1]

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Reef recovery in the Coral Triangle 2011-2024. Baia, New Britian, Bismarck Sea.
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Sir David Attenborough narrates a new video about the marine conservation work of our leader Naomi Longa in Kimbe, PNG. Naomi received the 2024 @WhitleyAwards
More info:
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@JezRoff @JulianoBi0 @bellwoodlab @SB_Tebbett @AndySHoey Thanks @JezRoff onto it.

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Despite a mass bleaching event being declared on the Great Barrier Reef there are still lots of places with minimal or no bleaching damage. Magnetic Island off Townsville is one such place. Images here from our survey of Geoffrey Bay yesterday. #reefalive

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Cyclone damage - More images from surveys at other bays on our FB feed.

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lots of damage to corals and the fringing reefs around Magnetic Island from large breaking waves associated with cyclone Kirrily. Disease outbreak in Montipora also present. Lots of impact variability between bays, but still plenty of live corals and fragments for recovery.

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Merry Christmas, and welcome to the latest edition of Coral Sea News! We are excited to share some of the highlights of our marine conservation work around the Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea over the latter half of 2023.

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#greatbarrierreef recovery 2017-2023 near "The Clams of the Round Table" at Jiigurru, Lizard Island.
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Highlights of the 2023 Lizard Island Coral Reef Study Tour, supported by the @lirrf and delivered by the @coralseafound
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Training the next generation of marine scientists!

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Trimodal reef, Jiigurru, Lizard Island right now. Fantastic recovery from the cyclones and bleaching in 2014-15-16.
To see the changes in the reef from 2019-2022, have a look at this video sequence:
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Reef recovery dynamics 2019-2023. North Reef, Jiigurru, Lizard Island. Great Barrier Reef.
14° 38.721'S 145° 27.224'E
Staggering complexity even at this small scale!

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#coralseafoundation #reefalive #marinescience

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Low tide coral surveys by drone at Arthur Bay, Yunbenun, Magnetic Island.
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Staghorn Acropora. Yes, we know - they are just weedy pioneer species, fragile and easily broken and easily bleached and crown of thorns starfish eat it like candy - but damn, they are so beautiful, and we will take a reef covered in Stagover a reef covered in algae any day!

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Outstanding coral cover and biological diversity at North Point on Jiigurru, Lizard Island, now into its 7th year of recovery after the extreme impacts of two tropical cyclones (2014 & 2015) and two thermal bleaching events (2016 & 2017).

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Sensational aerial views of the shallow coral community at Geoffrey Bay, Yunbenun (Magnetic Island) on today's extreme low tides.
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The Sea Women Great Barrier Reef training program empowers Indigenous women with the marine science skills they need to get more involved with monitoring and managing sea country, and connects First Nations women from around the Coral Sea arc. 
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Welcome to the latest edition of Coral Sea News!
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We are excited to share some of the highlights of the Coral Sea Foundation's marine conservation work around the Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea over the first half of 2023.
#coralseafoundation

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Spellbound once again by the sensational diversity, colour and forms of the coral community at Indigo Bay, Eumilli (Fantome Island), sea country of the Manbarra people.
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#tooprecioustolose
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#reefalive #coralreef #coral #manbarracountry

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Our Sea Women Great Barrier Reef program featured on ABC Pacific Beat online radio.
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@marianfaa @carrierpidgin @StefArmbruster Congratulations @marianfaa !