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New mapping method unearths bigger mangrove area in north west
Media statementsEnvironmentNature and ScienceOceans Graduate SchoolOceans InstituteResearch categoryUWA School of Agriculture and Environmental ScienceCorporateHomeFeaturedHome PageResearchScience and Environment15 July 2022A new mapping method has increased the size of the known mangrove area in north-western Australia by more than 30 per cent, a finding that will help protect the vulnerable ecosystem.
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PhD student and Forrest Scholar working to protect WA coast
Media statementsCurrent studentsData ScienceNature and ScienceOceans Graduate SchoolOceans InstituteResearch categorySchool of Earth SciencesCorporateHomeFeaturedHome PageOur PeopleResearchScience and Environment12 July 2022A PhD student and Forrest Scholar at The University of Western Australia is helping develop an early-warning system to protect West Australia’s coastline.
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WA's leading scientists to share marine expertise with local students
Media statementsNature and ScienceOceans Graduate SchoolOceans InstituteOur WomenProspective studentsResearch categorySchool of Earth SciencesCorporateHomeHome PageLearning-and-teachingOur PeopleOur-communityResearchScience and Environment20 June 2022The State’s leading marine researchers are set to share their science expertise with local students this week in the first of a series of teaching sessions on Western Australia’s marine environment.
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.