Sea2schoolau

I'd also like to share with everyone that my passion for the Ocean and everything marine continues and I took this passion to the 25th Biennial Marine Mammal Society Conference in Perth, where I presented on getting the Science to the next generation.

The conference itself had approximately 1300 delegates from around the world and while the Session "Social & Citizen Science" was quite small, I presented to possibly 100 people and had some wonderful new contacts made.

We really need to get the next generation involved, engaged and excited about the Oceans and sustainability.

I know it's been quiet here - it's been a bit of a quiet year.

However, the Post-survey report for the CANYONS Antarctic Bottom-water Voyage of 2023 that Sea2SchoolAU was involved with has been published.

It can be accessed here and see methodology and some pre-liminary results.

Much of the data is still being analysed and will be published as various PhD research.

Product catalogue - Geoscience Australia GeoNetwork opensource allows to easily share geographically referenced thematic information between different organizations. For more information please contact

Fishing for a now endangered species of fish (Totoaba), to illegally export the bladders for "medicinal purposes" has also taken the Vaquita to extinction.

10 animals left in the wild is just not viable. What are we doing to this planet?

World's Rarest Mammal Issued First-Ever Extinction Alert From The IWC Could a new collab rescue it from the brink?

Dr Helen Bostock was one of the lead scientists on the CANYONS expedition. She is an Oceanographer and is on a panel discussing the Deep Ocean.

Teachers - some great Professional learning opportunities here -

[📣 ATTENTION TEACHERS] Are you looking to kickstart your professional learning this year? Have you heard about ALL the Earth science data we have available for you online for free?

Join one of our teacher professional learning sessions and find out how you can use our data to excite students with real life science in your classroom. Over four different sessions, our Education Team will walk you through some of the data available and leave you with classroom-ready activities for upper primary and secondary school students:

🌏 Earthquakes - Tuesday 27 February 4pm AEDT:
Does plate tectonics and years of free online earthquake data rock your world? Learn more about how you can shake things up in your classroom by analysing earthquake data and how your students can become citizen scientists by contributing to our earthquake monitoring.

🛰️ Hazards - Wednesday 28 February 4pm AEDT:
Satellites are our eyes in the sky, and we can use this fascinating technology to see where floods, fires and other natural hazards impact our landscape and infrastructure. Learn how to access decades of satellite imagery from the Digital Earth Australia portal.

💎 Critical Minerals - Tuesday 5 March 4pm AEDT:
Critical minerals – what exactly are they, why are they critical, and how are they important to our modern lives? Learn all this and more by using maps and tools in our data portal to teach your students about where some types of critical minerals are found and their links with land surface shape and geology.

📡 Changes over time using satellite imagery - Wednesday 6 March 4pm AEDT:
Satellites have been orbiting the Earth for decades, and we can use this data time machine to see how our environment has changed. Learn where you can access satellite images to understand how the Australian landscape has changed since the 1980s and walk away with classroom-ready activities to empower students to access and analyse data for themselves.

All participants will gain access to the session recording and ready-to-use classroom activities to inspire your students to explore real life data. Places are limited so secure your spot today 👉 https://bit.ly/3uunPs1.

Want a better understanding of what "global tipping points" are and then how they may impact Australia? Read about this research -

CSIRO on LinkedIn: Dangerous climate tipping points will affect Australia. The risks are real… What might global tipping points mean for Australia? 🌏 Around the planet, the climate system has what's known as “tipping elements”. These elements can…

Another expedition off to Antarctica -

Antarctica 2023/2024 – AWI Polarstern Expeditionen

A new resource from Cool.org

In particular relevant for Yr5/6 (Marine conservation themed)

https://go.cool.org/BBlib

Blueback Film Education Resources | Cool.org These Geography and HASS lessons, (years 5 & 6), allow students to explore marine conservation in Australia by studying the film Blueback, based on Tim Winton’s novel of the same name. Through the sequence of learning and viewing of the film, students’ ocean literacy and interest in marine cons...

Coast Snap is a Citizen Science project that can be used by students in ACARA (Australian Curriculum) Yr10 Science to address the achievement standard "Students describe and analyse interactions and cycles within and between Earth's spheres".

Coast Snap records changes in coastlines caused by coastal processes (e.g. longshore drift, tides, storm surge) over time.

In real-life applications, students can discuss interactions along the coast of Biosphere (living organisms), Hydrosphere (water), Atmosphere (air) and Lithosphere/ Geosphere (land/soil) and how they affect or are effected by coastal changes.

Become a beach scientist this summer and help monitor changing coastlines Thanks to a project known as CoastSnap, coastal data is now being collected like never before.

Interesting finding on seagrass in Shark Bay, Western Australia

World’s biggest and oldest living plant found in Australia

😳😔

Greedy goldfish do huge damage in the wild

Matthew Jeromson & Layla Creac'h are currently on the RV Polastern! Follow their expedition here

Antarctica 2023/2024 – AWI Polarstern Expeditionen

Another expedition to Antarctic waters to keep an eye on.

A different team of scientists looking at Climate Change through atmospheric changes & their impacts on the Southern Ocean.

Our sets off today on the longest voyage in its 10-year history to the Southern Ocean and sea-ice edge.

The aim of the 60-day voyage is to improve our ability to anticipate the impacts of future climate change.

The science teams on board, led by the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership and us, will search for climate clues between the deep ocean, up to six kilometres below the water surface, to low-lying clouds, two kilometres above in the atmosphere.

Read the story: https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/News/2024/January/RV-Investigators-longest-voyage-to-try-and-solve-Southern-Ocean-puzzle

Isn't it meant to be El Niño? Here's why it hasn't been the hot, dry summer we expected When the Bureau of Meteorology declared an El Niño, there were warnings of a hot and dry summer. But for thousands of Australians, that's not been the case at all. Why not?