Iain Suthers

Yellowtail scad or baitfish

How artificial reefs are helping the East Australian Current deliver a conveyor belt of food to a ‘wall of mouths’ or baitfish, with benefits for recreational fishers.

Scientists have studied the impacts of a warmer, stronger East Australian Current on marine life during a voyage along the east coast.

Clare Stephens

Ten UNSW academics, PhD candidates and alumni will travel to esteemed US research institutions and organisations under the flagship foreign exchange program.

Artificial reefs 12 months after installation

Man-made reefs can be used in conjunction with the restoration or protection of natural habitat to increase fish abundance in estuaries, UNSW researchers have found.

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Have you ever wondered what those strange jelly-like globs on Sydney’s beaches are that seem to bloom or swarm in their hundreds, if not thousands, every Spring?

 

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Australia’s new ocean-going research vessel Investigator has discovered extinct volcanoes likely to be 50 million years old about 250 kilometres off the coast of Sydney during a UNSW-led expedition.

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UNSW marine biologist Iain Suthers will lead a scientific expedition aboard the brand new research vessel Investigator next week to study the secrets of small eddies along the NSW coastline.