Message from the Director

Welcome to the Spring edition of the Wealth from Oceans Flagship Update Newsletter. In this edition we are profiling the outcomes of a number of key Flagship partnerships and the advances being made in the areas of seabed minerals, oceans forecasting and technologies for detecting marine resources.
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Map sheds light on ocean floor

The world's first map to show a comprehensive summary of known offshore mineral occurrences has been released for Australia's vast marine jurisdiction.

The map shows the known seafloor locations of minerals, such as copper, gold, silver and diamond, compiled from survey information gathered over many decades. Read More
 

Science for Breakfast explores oceans of opportunity

In August, the Hon Julie Bishop, Minister for Education, Science and Training, hosted the sixth Science for Breakfast at Parliament House in Canberra. On the topic Oceans of Opportunity, Craig Roy, Director of the Wealth from Oceans Flagship and Dr Mayela Rivero, research leader of Oil and Gas with the Flagship and program leader with CSIRO Petroleum Resources, delivered a dynamic presentation about the Flagship's research and the opportunities being explored in the oceans portfolio. Read more
 

Currents of Change

Seven-day forecasts of ocean 'weather' – temperature, salinity and currents – will benefit seafarers, fishermen and even tourists

A powerful new suite of ocean models that can predict the influence of ocean currents on marine activity – from sonar operations to weather forecasting – has been developed in a milestone collaboration between the Royal Australian Navy, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) and CSIRO through the Wealth from Oceans Flagship. Read more

NAVY robots add more eyes to the ocean

An ocean observation network Australia is building to forecast climate and ocean conditions will be boosted later this year with the deployment of 20 ocean robots in the Tasman Sea and Indian Ocean.

The autonomous robotic floats have been purchased by the Royal Australian Navy in a major contribution to national ocean observing infrastructure developed by Australian research agencies. Read more

Nano sensors for ocean monitoring

To address the growing need for comprehensive information about our marine environments, a collaboration involving Curtin University of Technology in Perth with the Wealth from Oceans Flagship, is exploring the development of new nanochemical hydrocarbon sensor technologies to detect and discriminate between different hydrocarbons. Read more

Snippets

Read a snippet into the workshop on the Science of Seasonal Climate Prediction, read up on new research to Monitor bleaching of tropical coral reefs from space and what did the Catchment to Coast conference bring.
 

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Message from the Director

Map Sheds light on ocean floor

Science for Breakfast explores oceans of opportunity

Current Changes

Navy robots add more eyes to the ocean

Nano sensors for ocean monitoring

Snippets

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