The Commonwealth marine environment surrounding the Houtman Abrolhos Islands (and adjacent shelf break) is defined as a key ecological feature for its high ranges of biodiversity and endemism in benthic and pelagic habitats. When the Government of Tonga recognised the necessity to mainstream its local weather resilience, a grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) […]
A variety of communities in the Torres Strait Island Regional Council footprint are at quick threat of inundation. The sea level rise experienced within the Torres Strait is three times higher than mainland Australia. Our beaches are all the time changing as a result of pure coastal processes and climate patterns. We set up and […]
The nutrients promote the growth of fast-growing epiphytes, which smother seagrasses, cut back the amount of light available to seagrass leaves or end in breakage of leaves. A program to reduce back the impacts from these discharges shows promising results (see Section 4). Monitoring indicated that water quality alongside the metropolitan coast was in poor […]
Scientists are additionally thinking about collecting rock and sediment samples from the seafloor. A dredge is a huge rectangular bucket that is dragged alongside behind a ship to gather loose rocks. Gravity corers are steel tubes that fall to the seafloor and slice into the sediments to collect a pattern. The analysis vessel, the Joides […]