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  2. Thumbnail for Under pressure: scientists call for urgent conservation action to save Maugean skate

    Under pressure: scientists call for urgent conservation action to…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/under-pressure-scientists-call-for-urgent-conservation-action-to-save-maugean-skate
    16 May 2023: The evidence is in and scientists are calling for urgent conservation action, after monitoring revealed that the Maugean skate population has rapidly declined by almost half in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania – their last remaining habitat and one
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    Urgent call for Southern Ocean science in a changing world

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/urgent-call-for-southern-ocean-science-in-a-changing-world
    18 Aug 2023: Today hundreds of international scientists are sounding a clarion call for urgent expansion of Southern Ocean science in the emerging climate crisis. This week 300 scientists from 25 nations have been meeting in the Antarctic gateway city of Hobart
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    Antarctic researcher wins prestigious Fellowship to study in the US

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/antarctic-researcher-wins-prestigious-fellowship-to-study-in-the-us
    10 Feb 2023: A University of Tasmania Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) graduate has won a prestigious Quad Fellowship to investigate the historic impacts of climate change on glacial melting in Antarctica. Mika Bighin has arrived in the United
  5. Thumbnail for New ocean model goes in for the krill

    New ocean model goes in for the krill

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-ocean-model-goes-in-for-the-krill
    27 Jul 2023: For the first time, researchers are able to predict where Antarctic krill populations live and in what numbers, information that is critical to forecasting the future of Southern Ocean ecosystems. The study published this week outlines a new tool,
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    Going in for the krill

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/going-in-for-the-krill
    31 Jan 2023: After witnessing one of the first-ever documented supergroups of whales, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) student Maya Santangelo is fighting to shine a light on the dangers of concentrated krill fishing in Antarctica. After what
  7. Thumbnail for Deep diving into post-release survival of Southern Ocean skate

    Deep diving into post-release survival of Southern Ocean skate

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/deep-diving-into-post-release-survival-of-southern-ocean-skate
    10 Oct 2023: IMAS PhD research is filling vital knowledge gaps about the post-release survival of a deep-sea skate caught as bycatch in the Heard Island and McDonald Island Patagonian Toothfish Fishery, which will improve skate bycatch stock assessments and
  8. Thumbnail for Vital funding partnership announced to save  Red Handfish from extinction

    Vital funding partnership announced to save Red Handfish from…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/vital-funding-partnership-announced-to-save-red-handfish-from-extinction
    17 May 2023: A tiny marine anglerfish, found only in waters off Tasmania and near extinction with just 100 remaining in the wild, is being given a better chance at survival thanks to a funding partnership announced in Hobart today. The Foundation for
  9. Thumbnail for Scholarships securing the future of the Tasmanian devil

    Scholarships securing the future of the Tasmanian devil

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/scholarships-securing-the-future-of-the-tasmanian-devil
    4 Apr 2023: This is Brandy, a handsome Tasmanian devil aptly named by Tamar Valley vineyard owner Tim High during a research trip in November 2022. Tim and his wife, Sheena, support two scholarships for graduate students working in priority study areas for the
  10. Thumbnail for Tasmanian devil facial tumours reveal secrets of cancer evolution

    Tasmanian devil facial tumours reveal secrets of cancer evolution

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/tasmanian-devil-facial-tumours-reveal-secrets-of-cancer-evolution
    21 Jun 2023: Facial tumours evolve to coexist with Tasmanian devil populations. The deadly cancer that has been affecting devil populations for almost three decades has been subject to mutations that are allowing devils to persist in long-term affected areas. An
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    Professor Craig Johnson

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/professor-craig-johnson
    10 Feb 2023: BSc Hons 1980University of Tasmania ecologist and alumnus Professor Craig Johnson has spent his career underwater. He has dived under the ice with the navy in Canada, studied the rich kelp forests off South Africa, and researched the crown-of-thorns

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