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Research vessel crew handling a small plankton sample jar on a wet deck with grey Tasman Sea swell in background, overcast light, no logos or readable text

Bureau of Meteorology Traces Tasman Sea Heat Blob for Lobster Larval Drift

Bureau of Meteorology oceanographers linked a Tasman Sea heat blob to unusual southern rock lobster larval drift toward northern New South Wales traps, using ARGO float temperatures and DPI tagging data to warn fishers that settlement maps may shift this season.

Samira Haddad

Segment of Antarctic ice core on a lab bench beside extraction equipment under cool fluorescent light, frost on metal tray, no readable text or logos

CSIRO Publishes Antarctic Ice-Core Methane Readings Tied to Southern Ocean Shipping

CSIRO and Antarctic colleagues published updated Law Dome ice-core methane records that correlate twentieth-century spikes with Southern Ocean shipping lanes, using sea-freight sample handling to protect radiocarbon signatures from cosmic-ray contamination.

Samira Haddad

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