Environmental research, maps and data for tropical Australia
Recent articles
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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. -
Published on7 November 2016
In partnership with the Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife, Western Australian Marine Science Institution scientists on the Australian Institute of Marine Science vessel RV Solander recently spent 15 days in the field collecting data to help determine what flatback sea turtles in north-western Australia eat.
Recent datasets
Modified on
13 February 2019
This metadata is a brief overview of the National Environmental Science Program Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) Hub. Modified on
30 January 2019
This dataset presents the code written for the analysis and modelling for the Jellyfish Forecasting System for NESP TWQ Project 2.2.3. Modified on
24 January 2019
This dataset contains records of sting events and specimen samples of jellyfish (Irukanji, Halo irukanji, Box jellyfish and Morbakka) from the Venomous Jellyfish Database. Modified on
24 January 2019
A later version of this dataset exists published 2019-01-18, accessible through the data links on this page. Modified on
18 January 2019
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the herbicide diuron and climate change on the Photosystem II activity of the seagrass Halophila ovalis.