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Gotta stay true to yourself ๐
ABC Back Roads has returned, with S12E1 featuring OI members ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ and ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ.
Presenter Lisa Millar visits Shark Bay (Gathaagudu) in WA, the home of the ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ'๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐.
Watch now on iview at iview.abc.net.au/show/back-ro...
Dr Ana Manero presents at the 2026 World Surfing Conservation Conference.
Dr Ana Manero with presenters and attendees at the 2026 World Surfing Conservation Conference
Dr. Ana Manero, ARC Early Career Industry Fellow and OI member, recently delivered a presentation and participated in an expert panel on the valuation and protection of surfing ecosystems at the 2026 World Surfing Conservation Conference.
Just boops for today ๐
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Our first OI Public Lecture for 2026 was presented by Ambassador Peter Thomson, United Nations Secretary-Generalโs Special Envoy for the Ocean.
youtu.be/7S_Vps61j_8
The OI share insights from the 6-month deployment of the M4 Wave Energy Converter in King George Sound in Albany.
Prof Gaudin and Dr Wolgamot presented key lessons on advancing wave energy in Australia, followed by a panel on community engagement and future opportunities.
Heading into the weekend like
ARC Laureate Fellow Thomas Wernberg explains to Ambassador Thomson and Marijcke Thomson how coastal underwater ecosystems such as kelp forests respond to climate pressures and contribute to carbon storage.
Dr Kate Quigley discussed how genomics research is advancing coral resilience and heat tolerance.
PhD candidate and Ocean Hex founder Jurgen Valckenaere demonstrated how habitat-integrated infrastructure can be designed to accelerate marine growth
Uluu co-founders Dr Julia Reisser and Michael Kingsbury present Uluu, the seaweed-based biodegradable plastics to Ambassador Thomson and OI Director Professor Christophe Gaudin
The OI team was pleased to host ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐๐ผ๐ป at the Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre at Watermans Bay, the regionโs first seawater research facility, to showcase how Western Australian science is driving solutions with global impact.
Ambassador Peter Thomson and the team check out the advanced modelling capabilities of the National Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility.
Ambassador Peter Thomson with the team at the UWA Coastal and Offshore Research Lab (CORL)
Ambassador Peter Thomson touring our world-class ocean research and testing facilities, including the 50m Wave Flume at UWA Coastal and Offshore Research Lab (CORL)
Ambassador Peter Thomson learning how autonomous ocean gliders collect critical subsurface data to better understand ocean and climate processes.
During his visit to The University of Western Australia, ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐๐ผ๐ป toured our world-class ocean research and testing facilities, experiencing first hand how Western Australia is driving innovation in ocean science and technology.
OI member and Director of @marinefutureslab.bsky.social at UWA ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด kicks off the first instalment of her new monthly ocean segment on ABC Perth's Saturday Breakfast.
Listen in at www.abc.net.au/.../saturday...
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There's still time!
๐ชธ๐ Iโm really happy to share our new paper in Limnology and Oceanography Letters: Thermal buffering by tidally generated internal bores on the shallows of a remote coral atoll - aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A marine ecology researcher diving off Albany has had the thrill of a lifetime after spotting a tiny fish so rare it has been officially recorded only once since its discovery in 1996.
www.uwa.edu.au/news/article...
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OI Adjunct Research Fellow ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐โ๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ chats to ABC Great Southern, discussing how sharks have distinct personalities and are a natural part of the healthy south coast ecosystem.
Listen in at at www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
(๐๐ฌ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ 1:54:00 ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ)
The OI congratulates ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด and ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ด on being appointed a ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ (๐๐ ), in recognition of their significant contribution to science.
Read more at www.uwa.edu.au/news/article...
Image created by Teigan Collins and Georgina Harmer.
New OI research from shows ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ deliver benefits well beyond their boundaries โ for ecosystems, communities and economies. A timely framework as Australia works towards 30ร30 and a nature-positive future.
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