Environmental research, maps and data for tropical Australia
Recent articles
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Published on20 May 2019
Data is now available for download from the AIMS Long Term Monitoring Program and the Marine Monitoring Programs. -
Published on23 November 2018
Understanding the management and governance of Australia’s vast coastline can be complex.
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Published on29 June 2017
Interactive map displays stereo-video imagery collected for the Barossa Environmental Baseline Study 2015, Western Australia. Click on the map below (i.e.
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Published on17 May 2017
Environment Australia is tasked with managing the networks of Commonwealth Marine Reserves (
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Published on15 December 2016
Environment Australia is tasked with managing the networks of Commonwealth Marine Reserves. This is particularly challenging in the remote and poorly known N and NW regions. Researchers from Australia's NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub's D1 project highlight five key environmental variables that may help predict biodiversity patterns across these regions.
Recent datasets
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16 August 2019
The dataset depicts the proclamations made under the Seas and Submerged Lands Act (SSLA) 1973. This includes the continental shelf, the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), territorial sea and territorial sea baselines. Modified on
19 August 2019
The climatology of the GBR temperature loggers is based on the hourly registers from loggers with 10 or more years of data, up to 2012 and for "Slope" and "Flat" locations on the reef.
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16 August 2019
This dataset consists of a review of case studies and descriptions of coral restoration methods from four sources:
1) the primary literature (i.e. published peer-reviewed scientific literature), Modified on
5 August 2019
This metadata is a brief overview of the National Environmental Science Program Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) Hub. Modified on
3 July 2019
The Biophysical Oceanography Group produces monthly oceanographic reports for the eastern Australian coast, including the Torres Strait, which summarise key environmental variables such as sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll