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Chowder Bay beach clean & IUCN visit
On Saturday 23rd September, the SIMS team welcomed a great turnout of ocean ambassadors to Chowder Bay to participate in a thorough clean of Chowder Bay, both on land and in water.
Project Restore – Update
Field work season is officially underway for the Project Restore team. The team have been out at proposed sites conducting site scoping and baseline surveys. This includes an array of different of methods
Announcing the 2023 Auxilium Kickstarter Prize recipients
Since 2020 John Preston and the Auxilium Foundation have been making seed grants to early career researchers (ECRs) to kickstart high impact pieces of marine science and conservation research. The idea behind
How will future ocean environments impact the intertidal isopod?
The intertidal isopod (Cirolana harfordi) might resemble woodlouse or pill bugs that appear beneath rocks in your garden, but they are surely more threatening than their terrestrial cousins. C. harfordi aka
Living Seawalls – an international journey
Since being named a finalist in the inaugural Earthshot Prize, an international search for environmental innovators launched by Prince William and The Royal Foundation, Living Seawalls has exploded on the world
How warming and Artificial Light At Night (ALAN) affect two important local habitat-forming seaweeds
Artificial Light at Night is an increasing global stressor that can impact the survival, behaviour and distribution of species. Amelia Caley is currently working as a Research Assistant at UNSW supervised
Project Restore Update
Project Restore is a flagship project at SIMS looking at restoring multiple connected marine habitats in Sydney Harbour, and is part of the wider Seabirds to Seascapes program led by the Department
National Science Week Event: Indigenous Knowledge and Marine Science in Gamay
Last Wednesday evening SIMS and the Gamay Rangers came together to host an evening of collaboration, learning and interaction at Yarra House, La Perouse. The night was a success with over 120
SIMS x Zimmermann Partnership in Coral Conservation
Iconic fashion house, Zimmermann, in partnership with SIMS will fund world leading research on coral nutrition to mitigate bleaching events in Sydney corals, led by Biodiversity Fellowship recipient Dr. Jen Matthews from
SIMS’ Record Seahorse Release
Reviving Sydney's seahorse haven: SIMS’ record-breaking release of endangered White’s seahorses (Hippocampus whitei) On July 18th, The Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS) set the world record for the number
Sydney’s changing ocean climate brings new coral residents
Reef building corals from subtropical northern New South Wales are starting to make Sydney their new home as they head south in search of temperate waters. How are they able
Macquarie Island elephant seals redefine Southern Ocean bathymetry
The IMOS Animal Tagging team returns to Macquarie Island after more than a decade and their new elephant seals research redefines Southern Ocean bathymetry. This year we were fortunate to
