Great Barrier Reef protecting against landslides, tsunamis
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- Wednesday, 25 November 2015
The world-famous Australian reef is providing an effective barrier against landslide-induced tsunamis, new research shows.
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Australasian Hydrographic Symposium 2015
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- Wednesday, 04 November 2015
This week was the very successful Fugro Australasian Hydrographic Symposium 2015 and Trade Exhibition, held in Cairns, Australia. The symposium theme was Harnessing the Blue Economy through Hydrography in the Asia-Pacific Region.
It's All Academic: mapping the ocean floor
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- Monday, 19 October 2015
Dr Robin Beaman is a marine geoscientist from James Cook University, who is working to map Australia's underwater landscape. He started out in the navy, but quickly realised he wanted to take his passion further. Today he specialises in the deep Great Barrier Reef and has some interesting stories to tell about his work, including his time on the the CSIRO's Marine National Facility research vessel, the Southern Surveyor.
Australia’s continental margin – Brisbane to Byron Bay fly over
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- Friday, 09 October 2015
Associate Professor Tom Hubble from the University of Sydney’s School of Geosciences has utilised the sonar systems on the CSIRO’s former Marine National Facility vessel Southern Surveyor to map the continental margin and undertake research into landslides and tsunamis.
Southern Surveyor: Stories from on board Australia’s ocean research vessel
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- Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Over the course of a year, one of Australia’s best non-fiction writers Michael Veitch, interviewed the men and women who worked on board CSIRO’s Marine National Facility research vessel Southern Surveyor, to produce an engaging and sometimes dramatic account of their adventures.
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