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Bottom trawlers damage life on undersea mountains. Could an end be in sight?
EnvironmentOceans InstituteResearch categorySchool of Biological SciencesHome PagePolicy-and-opinionResearchScience and Environment27 October 2026Abundance of life around undersea mountains makes them a magnet for the most destructive type of fishing – trawling.
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Human activity threatens biodiversity in remote Patagonian kelp forests
Media statementsEnvironmentInternationalNature and ScienceOceans InstituteResearch categoryResilient environment and climate changeSchool of Biological SciencesHome PageResearchScience and Environment20 October 2026Marine scientists have conducted the first resurvey of Northern Patagonia’s kelp forests and discovered dramatic changes across one of the world’s most remote marine ecosystems.
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WA pioneers nominated for Australian of the Year Awards
EnvironmentHealthInnovationNature and ScienceOceans InstituteMedical SchoolHome PageAwards and AchievementsAlumniOur PeopleOur-community16 October 2026An organ transplant pioneer, Telehealth innovator, world-leading oceanographer, community housing champion and researcher at the forefront of neurological rehabilitation are among the nominees announced for the 2027 Australian of the Year Awards for Western Australia.
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.
WHO WE ARE
UWA Oceans Institute
The Oceans Institute nurtures an ecosystem of cross-disciplinary researchers and educators to serve the needs of the ocean community of Western Australia, the Indian Ocean and the world.
We are committed to supporting the scholarship of our blue planet for a better tomorrow.
WHAT WE DO
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Sea Country
We pay our respects to the past and present Traditional Owners of the land on which our experts reside, the Whadjuk Nyoongar people of Western Australia, and to all the native peoples of the lands and seas on which our researchers work.