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Excited to finally have this paper out after multiple years in the making with The Bellwood Lab, Reef Function Hub, and Peter Cowman "Analysing biological colour patterns from digital images: An introduction to the current toolbox" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

And it is out! If you ever felt an urge to quantitatively study patterns and colours in biology, get excited! 🟡🟢🔵🟣 Function Hub alumn Dr. Christopher Hemingson has just provided a comprehensive introduction and toolbox of how it can be done! Oh, and it's #OpenAcces doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1…

Hi, Bert here! (Robert Streit) After 4 years in the FunHub as Comms Manager & PostDoc, I'm moving on. Thanks for the fun, follows, likes & celebration of science on social media! My new job will be far less fishy, so I'll leave with this: (from ABC Top5 in '22 ABC Australia)

New comment in NatureClimate. "This is not a call for inaction. We must act - with haste. But popular urgency should not prioritize technological and scientific feasibility over climate action and evidence-driven care for social-ecological systems." doi.org/10.1038/s41558…

🪸 JCU and University of Melbourne researchers have called for an urgent rethink of the merits of coral reef restoration and adaptation, questioning whether the practice can meaningfully improve reef health. Reef Function Hub Full story📑👉shorturl.at/c1d8V

Is coral restoration really the answer to saving our coral reefs? Robert Streit and Prof Tiffany Morrison along with @JCU's Prof David Bellwood are calling for a rethink and to address the root causes of the issue. Tap to learn more ➡️ unimelb.me/3WGeJnn

"What do we do now?" For broader context on our NatureClimate paper, click below for a piece in the The Guardian that also highlights the other two co-published Comments from today. nature.com/articles/s4155… Prof Tiffany Morrison The Bellwood Lab Reef Function Hub theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Much money and research effort is expended in replacing, regrowing and supporting corals, to help them survive climate change. But where's the evidence base? James Cook Uni University of Melbourne theconversation.com/coral-restorat…

We all want healthy reefs. In our enthusiasm to protect them, we must be the loudest critics of our own work and biases. Fight group-think and green-washing. Question, discuss, debate, and use evidence from multiple, independent sources to guide decision-making. #ClimateCrisis

🪸Aussies from James Cook Uni and University of Melbourne have called for an urgent rethink of the merits of coral reef restoration and adaptation, in a comment paper, questioning whether the practice can meaningfully improve reef health scimex.org/newsfeed/coral…

“If a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure” 📌🔨 A much needed alternative perspective; especially if we want to understand (let alone mitigate) what is happening on coral reefs

Sad but insightful article on how we can get enveloped in feel-good environmental solutions that don't really help, by Prof Tiffany Morrison, David Roy Bellwood & Robert Streit theconversation.com/coral-restorat…

Much food for thought: "In both environmental and human health, people tend to prefer solutions that involve active intervention, that is, adding something new, regardless of evidence for or against its efficacy." Read more: nature.com/articles/s4155…

If you are coming to the AMSA-NMZSS conference jump on and follow AMSA-NSMSS 2024 Conference for the latest information and updates! Official hashtag: #amsanzmss2024 AMSA-NSMSS 2024 Conference Australian Marine Sciences Association NSW AMSA AMSA Victoria TAS AMSA AMSA-NQ AMSA South Australia AMSA WA

Nice work Joel Williams & Katie Cresswell, welcoming and opening the #AMSANZMSS2024 conference! 900 marine researchers and practitioners here in Hobart!!

What a crowd of marine scientists! Australian Marine Sciences Association #amsanzmss2024

As climatic impacts on oceans worsen, ocean innovations are rapidly deployed and upscaled across tropical, temperate, and polar regions. Views of responsibility, and the normative value-frames upon which they are based, will shape the futures ocean innovations are likely to bring

Divergent views of responsibility present a moral & ethical quandary in ocean science: Which value-based interpretation of science is prioritized? Science as autonomous entity; science as noble solution provider; or science as a tool to work w society to fulfill humanity's needs?

We're delighted to announce Professor Emma Johnston AO (Prof Emma L Johnston AO FAA FTSE) has been appointed the 21st Vice-Chancellor of University of Melbourne. Professor Johnston, is the first woman to be appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University, commencing her new role in February 2025 →

Science and Society! Where does one sit within the other? Turns out, plenty of opinions abound! And that's just within scientists working on novel marine climate intervention! Great new paper led by Sarah Lawless It's #OpenAccess! 👇 nature.com/articles/s4418…