Just returned from an incredible expedition to the Houtman Abrolhos 🐋 @bluerobotics.bsky.social captured spectacular footage of this unique marine environment. Can't wait to dive into all the video 💙 #ROV #HoutmanAbrolhos #UnderwaterExploration @jcuofficial.bsky.social #JockCloughMarineFoundation

Hit our weather window for the incredible Houtman-Abrolhos 🌬️. As Sylvia Earle aptly describes them, these islands are a vital "Hope Spot" for our ocean. We must contribute to their preservation. 💙 #HoutmanAbrolhos #OceanConservation #HopeSpots #SylviaEarle @jcuofficial.bsky.social @qldmuseum

To maximize ocean protection, policy & practice must prioritize climate-ready reefs. We present a standardized definition of heat-resistant reefs, using genetic principles. Clarity is crucial for strategic investment in a warming world. @ConLetters conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Integrating an Eco‐Evolutionary Perspective for Coral Reef Resistance Into Global Conservation Planning and Policy

Global responses to climate change vary across ecosystems. Identifying coral reefs that can persist despite extreme warming is crucial for guiding research, policy, and management. Resilience framewo...

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New on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ! 🔬 Our study on Ningaloo Reef shows selective breeding can boost heat tolerance, even over small distances! A promising tool, BUT we must address climate change emissions & boost ocean protection biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @minderoo.bsky.social

Hope for heat-stressed reefs: scientists boost coral survival rate @minderoo.bsky.social “Of course, the only real and lasting solution to ending the destruction of coral reefs is the complete phase out of fossil fuels.” cosmosmagazine.com/news/hope-fo... #science

Coral selections offer hope for heat-stressed coral reefs

Researchers in Australia have achieved a breakthrough: corals with boosted heat tolerance, bred for survival in a warming world.

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The WA marine heatwave has been heartbreaking. Climate action can’t wait. We need bold, science-backed policies and to be brave and tackle the root cause. Every fraction of a degree matters. Every year we delay counts. #ClimateAction 🎥Watch now: www.minderoo.org/stories/in-f... @minderoo.bsky.social

amp.abc.net.au/article/1052... If you care about the short- and long-term health of WA’s incredible reefs and sea country, public consultation for the Browse project is open until 10 June: consultation.epa.wa.gov.au/open-for-sub...

If you care about the short- and long-term health of WA’s incredible reefs and sea country, public consultation for the Browse project is open until 10 June: consultation.epa.wa.gov.au/open-for-sub...

Terry Hughes@profterryhughes.bsky.social · last yr.

Another “spatial refuge” finally succumbs to rising sea temperatures. The hopeful narrative that isolated “heat-resistant reefs” will continue to avoid climate change (and somehow recolonise everywhere else) is wearing very thin. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Disappointed at the outcome of North West Shelf expansion off WA. It pushes us further from net zero at a time we need to be doubling down on emissions reductions. This carbon bomb risks protections for biodiversity and irreplaceable Murujuga rock art.

Terry Hughes@profterryhughes.bsky.social · last yr.

Embarrassing: “The newly approved North West Shelf expansion (until 2070) would not jeopardise emissions goals because the site is legally required to ratchet down its own emissions toward net zero”. Of course, the ‘site’ doesn’t include exported emissions. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Charting the way home

Not always sunny 🌞 Just a bit of wind and rain!

Reminder that SSE members in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, India, and 152 low-income countries around the world can still get FREE registration for the virtual Evolution meeting! Please share with your colleagues: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...

No surprise here: re-elected Labor has no intention of reining in fossil fuels. Sadly - Scott Reef, Ningaloo, the Great Barrier Reef - and the people who depend on them - are among the many victims of greenhouse gas pollution. Visit them while you still can.

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · last yr.

Murray Watt knocks back objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision

We hosted @cnn.com on World Heritage-listed Ningaloo to show the devastating marine heatwave & mass coral bleaching. We're losing these wonders. Climate action is not optional – it's NOW. 🔥 #NingalooReef #ClimateCrisis @minderoo.bsky.social edition.cnn.com/interactive/...

This ancient Australian reef is sending a silent distress call

Australia’s Ningaloo Reef is sick, like many coral reefs around the world. And scientists warn reef restoration projects are no substitute for climate action.

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Inspiring opening in Perth of Attenborough's new OCEAN 🌊film. Happy 99th 🎂 to this legend 👇, who continues to inspire and advocate for real protection of nature and sounding the alarm that climate change is "our greatest threat in thousands of years".

Minderoo Foundation@minderoo.bsky.social · last yr.

OCEAN with David Attenborough premiered in Sydney and Perth this week - a powerful call to protect our oceans, narrated by one of the world’s most trusted voices. 🌊 Recovery is possible - if we choose to act. Watch the trailer: bit.ly/OCEAN-trailer

OCEAN with David Attenborough premiered in Sydney and Perth this week - a powerful call to protect our oceans, narrated by one of the world’s most trusted voices. 🌊 Recovery is possible - if we choose to act. Watch the trailer: bit.ly/OCEAN-trailer

We @marine-omics.bsky.social are hiring. We're looking for a postdoc in population genomics. @janstrugnell.bsky.social careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Population Genomics - Townsville, QLD, Australia

James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally.  We now have an opportunity a...

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This is amazing!

Andrew Digby@digs.bsky.social · last yr.

A milestone: #kakapo mating calls have been heard on the North Island of NZ for the first time in over a century. At least 2 of the 3 #kakapo males at the fenced sanctuary of Maungatautari have "boomed" this summer. #conservation www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Video: www.scienceagency.co.nz

Last month I had the privilege to speak with the legendary Sylvia Earle! Her decades of ocean exploration and unwavering advocacy for marine conservation are truly inspiring. A conversation I'll never forget. 🌊 💙#OceanConservation #SylviaEarle #HopeSpot @oceanelders.bsky.social

🌊Over the past four years, JCU marine ecologist Gemma Galbraith has been developing cost-effective methods using remote operated vehicles to study deep coral reefs and how they are changing with the climate. Read more via @nature.com 👉https://shorturl.at/1GcgB 📸by Victor Huertas

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com reporting on the proposed changes to the ARC grants system. There’s concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers. By @donnadlu.bsky.social

Changes to ARC grants will make it harder for Australia to combat Trump chaos, researchers warn

Plan to cut most standalone positions in favour of shorter fellowships will hurt international recruitment, critics say

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Incredible night at film launch of Corals Last Stand, about the fight to protect Scott Reef off of WAs coast Great panel discussion, including folks from @AustMarConsSoc @ConservationWA As Tim Winton said: "This is the moment for us to make choices." www.ccwa.org.au/_corals_last...

Woodside expansion will create 4.3B - 6.1B tonnes of greenhouse gases (GG). Increasing GG at this magnitude, when the window to climate stability is fast closing, threatens major damage to natural systems, human health and wellbeing. theconversation.com/woodsides-bi...

Woodside’s bid to expand a huge gas project is testing both major parties’ environmental credentials

Opposition leader Peter Dutton says a Coalition government would push for approval of the huge project, which would release billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases.

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Understatement of the century…. “And we also need to do something about climate change”

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Ningaloo and Great Barrier Reef hit by ‘profoundly distressing’ simultaneous coral bleaching events

From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

ARC has “paused” future rounds of grant schemes pending outcomes of its NCGP Policy Review. All schemes previously scheduled to open before 1 July this year will go ahead. But next year’s Laureates, Industry Fellowships & Discovery Indigenous won’t. See table👇 & www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese...

If people still needed a wake up call, this should be it. We need Climate Action Now. Anything less is a failure to uphold our obligations to protect - for now, and into the future - Australia's biological and cultural heritage.

Terry Hughes@profterryhughes.bsky.social · last yr.

Heat exposure on Western Australian coral reefs is literally off the charts. 24 Degree Heating Weeks now at Ningaloo - the highest ever recorded. 6-8 DHW is lethal for most branching corals. >20 is catastrophic. coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/m...

Boss. mashable.com/article/blue...

Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'

Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.

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And finally, I leave you with this: #standupforscience2025

#StandUpForScience Denver. Photo by Jeff Kanipe.