News tagged with australian waters

Atmospheric warming altering ocean salinity

The warming climate is altering the saltiness of the world's oceans, and the computer models scientists have been using to measure the effects are underestimating changes to the global water cycle, a group ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (21) | comments 67 | with audio podcast

Construction starts on new marine research vessel

Construction of Australia's new $120 million Marine National Facility research vessel, Investigator has started in Singapore.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exploring water in the deep Earth

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research published today in Nature Geoscience provides new insight into the water cycle of the deep Earth, volcanic activity in the Pacific and the potential catastrophic effects when these ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Corals can sense what's coming

Australian scientists have thrown new light on the mechanism behind the mass death of corals worldwide as the Earth's climate warms.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Hoarding rainwater could 'dramatically' expand range of dengue-fever mosquito

Ecologists have developed a new model to predict the impact of climate change on the dengue fever-carrying mosquito Aedes aegypti in Australia - information that could help limit its spread.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Scientists find new creatures of Australian deep (Update, Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists said Sunday they had uncovered new marine animals in their search of previously unexplored Australian waters, along with a bizarre carnivorous sea squirt and ocean-dwelling spiders.

Biology /

created Jan 18, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 10