Warming water temperatures due to climate change could expand the range of many native species of tropical fish, including the invasive and poisonous lionfish, according to a study of 40 species along rocky and artificial reefs off North Carolina, writes Science Daily. Read more about this research here.
Beachgoers on the west coast of the US have noticed an influx of a mysterious blue sea creature, Velella (also known as sea raft), writes The West Australian. Read the full article about these mass strandings associated with warm-water events.
SCIENTISTS fear it is only a matter of time before deadly irukandji and box jellyfish move from northern Australia to invade Sydney Harbour as a result of climate change warming Australia’s east coast current. Read the full story here.
Newly arrived species mow down vegetation and upend local communities, writes National Geographic. Read the full article here.
This edition covers some quirky fish facts, reveals the winners of the Redmap video competition, a news story with Redmap founder Dr Gretta Pecl and other marine news! Read the July newsletter here.
Lat year Redmap received a series of rather peculiar reports in Western Australia. Beach goers along the south coast stumbled across not one but five enormous, yet stranded blue marlin. With winter upon us once again, should people be on the lookout for similar occurrences this year?
Here are some facts about marine life you never even knew you wanted to know!
Western Australian researchers have develop a new model to help estimate nearshore ocean temperatures in near real-time for marine protected areas (MPAs), writes Carys Garland from Science Network WA. Read the full story here.
And the winners of the 2014 Redmap video competition are.....
Two young loggerhead turtles have been released back into the ocean at Coral Bay after they were found fighting for their lives on a beach 1,200 kilometres away, writes ABC news. Read the full story about the turtles, dubbed Jack and Sam, brought south by the strong Leeuwin current in WA.
