Wealth from Oceans Flagship UPDATE

CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans Flagship is focused on delivering ocean-based economic, social and environmental wealth to the nation. UPDATE is the e-newsletter containing news from this initiative.

Dr Wendy Proctor: enhancing environmental management

Dr Proctor's main research interest is in decision analysis and particularly in the application of participatory methods to enhance environmental management.

Waves: their role in ocean ecosystems

Scientists are researching the role of waves in ecosystem processes in the coastal waters of Western Australia. Understanding these processes has economic, social and environmental benefits and is vital to the effective management of coastal waters.

Wealth from Oceans Flagship video

In this video, discover how the Wealth from Oceans Flagship is helping Australia secure its social, economic and environmental future through knowing our oceans.
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Dr Wenju Cai: researching how oceans affect rainfall

Dr Wenju Cai's research is using climate change and variability predictions to maximise agricultural, urban and ecological water use opportunities.

Understanding and predicting climate change

CSIRO is a world leader in understanding how the oceans affect climate, and uses this knowledge to predict climate change and variability. CSIRO is a world leader in understanding the connection between oceans and climate, and develops observing and modelling systems that enable Australia to respond to climate variability and change.

Turtles escape trawls using TEDs

An assessment of bycatch reduction practices in the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) yielded good news for turtles, larger sharks and rays, but warns greater efforts are needed to protect smaller species from incidental capture.

Optimising oil and gas reservoir performance

A North Island site in New Zealand is being developed by CSIRO Petroleum into a natural laboratory to develop technology to access deepwater oil and gas reserves.

Dr Tristan Salles-Taing: improving geological process modelling

Dr Tristan Salles-Taing is using his expertise in computer programming and hydrodynamics to improve tools used for three-dimensional (3D) modelling of geological processes.

Total scanning fluorescence (TSF)

Total scanning fluorescence (TSF) is a technique that provides fluorescence fingerprints for oil, surface and oil inclusion extracts from rock samples.

Timeframes of basin evolution

This research focuses primarily on the application of inorganic geochemistry to problems in petroleum exploration, and to a lesser extent, field appraisal and production.

Thermometrics

CSIRO is able to offer thermometrics services - a technique used to establish the water salinity and the time of trapping of inclusions in rocks.

Improving marine management with TasMAN

The Tasmanian Marine Analysis Network (TasMAN) is demonstrating low cost monitoring technologies, improving understanding of coastal regions and enabling better informed environmental management.

Dr Susan Wijffels: observing and understanding the world's oceans

Dr Susan Wijffels aims to quantify and understand the role of the ocean in climate, key aspects of the large-scale ocean circulation and global ocean change.

Strontium isotope stratigraphy in South-East Asia and the Middle East

CSIRO has been involved in the application of Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy to petroleum exploration in South-East Asia for the past three years, and has recently started work in the Middle East with a number of international companies.

Dr Steve Rintoul: researching the Southern Ocean and how it affects global climate systems

Dr Steve Rintoul is a Research Team Leader at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research. He is internationally recognised as a leading authority on the circulation of the Southern Ocean and how it affects global climate systems.

Research technologies for understanding subsurface hydrocarbon distribution and fluid histories

Our fluid inclusion and geochemical technologies help industry define subsurface petroleum migration and accumulation processes.

Estimating whale numbers in the Southern Ocean

Using statistics, researchers can use observation data of whale numbers from ships and aerial surveys to better estimate whale populations for conservation management.

Sustainable ocean ecosystems and living resources

The Wealth from Oceans Flagship is delivering science and technology to help sustain life in Australia's ocean realm.

Simulating ocean weather

A video showing the BLUElink> ocean forecasting model, which was run in hindcast mode for the period 1992-2001. (3:00)

Dr Sharon Hook: assessing the impact of environmental contaminants in aquatic ecosystems

Dr Sharon Hook's primary research areas are molecular environmental toxicology and contaminant bioavailability.

Sharks and Rays of Australia

This highly regarded book provides in-depth descriptions of 322 species of sharks, rays and chimaerids, accompanied by full-colour illustrations, descriptions, line illustrations and distribution maps.

Identifying, naming and describing new sharks and rays

CSIRO scientists have identified, formally named and described, more than 100 new species of sharks and rays.

Mr Simon Allen: the science of observation for observational science

Mr Simon Allen leads an area within CSIRO that is developing observational and marine modelling systems to enable better understanding of our coastal environment.

Exploring the social dimensions of the Australian seafloor exploration and mining industry

Wealth from Oceans Flagship research is exploring stakeholder reactions to the prospect of a seafloor exploration and mining industry expansion in Australia, identifying a number of initial stakeholder requirements that would need to be addressed if the industry is to expand.