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NOAA Ship 'Okeanos Explorer' beats its way into heavy seas. (Image courtesy: NOAA Ocean Exploration)
U.S. and Australia Team Up to Explore and Map Pacific Ocean
January 13, 2023

NOAA and two of Australia's leading science agencies announced a formal agreement Tuesday to work together to advance Pacific Ocean exploration and mapping, a major priority for NOAA and of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

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In the past, determining the age of Australian lungfish has been challenging. Credit - www.theconversation.com
Breakthrough allows scientists to determine the age of endangered native fish using DNA
July 1, 2021

Identifying the age of animals is fundamental to wildlife management. It helps scientists know if a species is at risk of extinction and the rate at which it reproduces, as well as determining what level of fishing is sustainable.

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Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Credit - Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)AIMS
Projected acidification of the Great Barrier Reef could be offset by ten years
June 10, 2021

New research has shown that by injecting an alkalinizing agent into the ocean along the length of the Great Barrier Reef, it would be possible, at the present rate of anthropogenic carbon emissions, to offset ten years' worth of ocean acidification.

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Whales, as well as dolphins and turtles, are especially at risk from eating plastic bags and flexible packaging. Photograph: Nature Picture Library/Alamy Stock Photo
Deadliest plastics: bags and packaging biggest marine life killers, study finds
December 16, 2020

Plastic bags and flexible packaging are the deadliest plastic items in the ocean, killing wildlife including whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds around the globe, according to a review of hundreds of scientific articles...The review, by the Australian government’s science agency, CSIRO, f

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Australia deploys new underwater technology to fight illegal fishing. Source -https://www.seafoodsource.com/
Australia deploys new underwater technology to fight illegal fishing
November 25, 2020

Australia has deployed a new underwater technology across the Torres Strait aimed at combating illegal foreign fishing, according to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority.

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A Taro plant Photo: RNZI/Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia
Pacific warned of food crisis
November 13, 2020

Australian research shows the Covid-19 pandemic could spark a food crisis in the Pacific.

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A fall armyworm grub. The cost of the invasive species spreading in Queensland is cited in a new CSIRO report that calls for an overhaul of Australia’s biosecurity regime. Photograph: Grant Heilman Photography/Alamy
Pests, pathogens and pandemics: Australia's biosecurity needs an overhaul, CSIRO warns
November 6, 2020

Australia’s biosecurity needs a major overhaul within a decade to protect people, environments and industries from a wave of invasive pests, pathogens and future pandemics, a CSIRO report has found...The report calls for greater cooperation across all levels of society and makes 20 reco

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The New Guinea Challenge Development and conservation in societies of great cultural and biological diversity 2003

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10 paged document outlining the development and conservation in societies of great cultural and biological diversity in New Guinea of PNG. This was published in 2003

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