In the media
SCIENTISTS aboard CSIRO research ship Southern Explorer recently released findings about WA’s unique coastal environment as part of a series of public lectures celebrating the International Year of Biodiversity. http://www.sciencewa.net.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3063:southern-explorer-discovers-amazing-creatures-of-the-deep-in-sw-seas&catid=195:News&Itemid=200077
Twenty years ago it happened. Well, twenty years and two weeks to be precise, May 30th 1990, during lunch time. In Sixth Avenue New York a flatbed truck pulled up outside the headquarters for Exxon Oil and five men got out. http://www.swellnet.com.au/news/637-a-gulf-of-expectation
THE ecological catastrophe unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico has failed to discourage the Rudd government, which has granted oil and gas explorers permission to drill deep off the Australian coastline. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/counting-the-cost-of-drilling-down-deep-20100611-y3lp.html
The Wilderness Society wants the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to impose tougher restrictions on the shark fishing industry in South Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/11/2924834.htm?site=news
A DEEP SEA CANYON off the coast of Western Australia has been filmed for the first time, revealing the habitat of some of Australia’s rarest marine life, including the blue whale and a fish that lives for 70 years. http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/video-reveals-australias-largest-deep-sea-canyon.htm
Never before seen images of marine life deep inside the Perth Canyon, 22km west of Rottnest Island, have been revealed by scientists at The University of Western Australia’s Centre for Marine Futures and School of Plant Biology, and CSIRO. http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20100906-21038-2.html
Researchers at the University of WA have recorded new pictures of marine life up to 500 metres below the surface in the Perth Canyon. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/08/2921102.htm
SCIENTISTS from 35 countries will use World Oceans Day today to call for bolder action from governments to create ”ocean-scale” national parks to protect the world’s struggling marine environment. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/ocean-parks-vital-to-protect-species-20100607-xqss.html
Scientists have captured on video some of the creatures that dwell within the enormous Perth Canyon, providing a new glimpse into the deep sea ecosystem off the coast Western Australia. http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3483/deep-sea-creatures
A trip to the beach as a child was never forgotten for Lesley Dewar. Now a grandmother, she has learned that one tiny voice can join with many to roar like the ocean. http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2010/06/01/2915011.htm
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