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Tim Flannery is in the house on Thursday night!

Tim Flannery is someone I truly admire. I know those who were able to get tickets for his talk this week will be very inspired. I wish I could be there!

By: Parrys Raines, Category: Science, Date: 22 Mar 2011

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One small step

Friday the 11th of February 2011 was a big day for me but the environment is the big winner. This was the official ceremony to announce that St Mary’s Star of the Sea College was banning the single use plastic bottle.

By: Parrys Raines, Category: Science, Date: 21 Mar 2011

Sargassum Anglerfish, <em>Histrio histrio</em>

Southerly Sargassum Anglerfish

The 'official'* southern limit to the distribution of the Sargassum Anglerfish, Histrio histrio is Burrill Lake, New South Wakes (35.37°S).  This movie, kindly sent to us by Kerryn Wood (Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre, Eden) shows a fish filmed in 18 March 2011 at Bar Beach, Merimbula (36.85°S), well south of the known range of the species.  Thank you Kerryn!

By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 21 Mar 2011

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Earthquakes and tsunamis

What causes earthquakes and why do tsunamis often follow a large earthquake?

By: Ross Pogson, Category: Science, Date: 17 Mar 2011

Tragic!

This week in Fish: Shark in trouble

It was a 'week of sharks'.  The highlight was the addition of some quite disturbing images of a White Shark being 'strangled' by a plastic packing strap.  Other less upsetting images, including two of Galapagos Sharks, were also added to the site.  Thank you as always to all of you who contributed and commented throughout the week.

By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 11 Mar 2011

Tragic!

Do you really need that shopping bag?

We have all heard that discarding plastic waste at sea can lead to problems. The images to the right speak for themslelves.

By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 10 Mar 2011

Mouth of a Southern Smiler

This week in Fish: Southern Smiler

This week considerable effort has gone into the 'master list' of species on the site.  When completed, the list will allow users to easily see a summary of the images and fact sheets available for each species.  As usual, some great images were added during the week, plus a fact sheet on shrimpgobies and their relationship with burrowing shrimps.  Thank you to all our contributors.

By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 04 Mar 2011

Lizard Island Research Station solar array

Solar power switched on

The Station's new solar power system was switched on at 3.00 pm on Thursday 24th February 2011. It was designed to reduce by about 50% the amount of diesel used for generating electricity and hence reduce carbon emissions by that proportion. In its first month of operation, it has been working much better than that.

By: Dr Anne Hoggett, Category: Science, Date: 04 Mar 2011

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10,000 teenagers wanted!

I received this invitation and thought I would share it with you. All the details are below and I look forward to seeing you there!

By: Parrys Raines, Category: Science, Date: 28 Feb 2011

Striped Catfish, <em>Plotosus lineatus</em>

This week in Fish: Electric rays and tsunami hoax

This week we are excited to announce that an RSS feed has been added to Fish Bits.  Content can now come directly to you.  As usual, some great images have been added to the site.  Thanks to all.

By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 25 Feb 2011