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Underwater garden beds provide hope for seagrass restoration
Media statementsEnvironmentEnvironmental EngineeringOceans InstituteSeagrassesSchool of Biological SciencesResearch categoryCorporateHomeHome PageResearch01 November 2023Researchers and commercial divers have created underwater garden beds in Cockburn Sound, using dredged sediment from a nearby area, as part of a project aimed at improving the survival rates of transplanted seagrass.
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Critically endangered scalloped hammerheads gather in the seas off Perth and need protection
Media statementsCurrent studentsEnvironmentNature and ScienceOceans Graduate SchoolOceans InstituteOur WomenSchool of Biological SciencesCorporateHomeHome PageResearchScience and Environment16 October 2023Unlike nearly every other species of shark, scalloped hammerheads are highly social. They gather in large groups, or aggregations, numbering in the hundreds. But why? We don’t know.
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New depth of knowledge about protecting our oceans shared
Media statementsEnvironmentOceans InstituteCorporateHomeHome PageOur-communityPartnershipsPolicy-and-opinionResearchScience and EnvironmentFeatured10 October 2023A renowned marine scientist will share insights that helped establish the protection of more than 6.5 million square kilometres of ocean.
An ocean traveller has even more vividly the impression that the ocean is made of waves than that it is made of water.
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