Explore the Sea Floor
This is a fun way you can help scientists. Over at Explore the Sea Floor, scientists have created a website that allows anyone to help them identify Sea Urchins and Kelp around Australia.
You simply log in, decide whether you want to identify sea urchins or kelp, learn what they look like, then use your mouse to click and identify them. (more…)
August 20, 2013 East Coast Odyssey Starts in Hobart
The Yukon sets sail on Tuesday of next week, August 20th beginning the first leg of the East Coast Odyssey from Hobart to Eden, Victoria and its not yet sold out. (more…)
Chasing Ice Movie – Screening in Hobart
Award winning Chasing Ice will be screening this Sunday, August 18th at The Stanley Burbury Theatre, UTAS Get your tickets here
Tasmania’s Unique Marine Environment
Tasmania’s Unique Marine Environment from Ocean Planet Tasmania on Vimeo.
What is a Maugean Skate?
Yep, I had no idea either.
This little guy is special. The Maugean Skate who is endemic to two places in Tasmania is a very old animal. (more…)
I don’t want to lose Nemo-Tasmanian Marine Science Winter Lecture Series
32 people spent their free time to bring you that cute film. The film presents a lot of the problems we face in the future of our oceans and locally in our Tasmanian marine environment. (more…)
Red Map can show us that fish are moving further south
Did you know that the Yellowtail Kingfish can be caught further south along the East Coast of Tasmania? This means that with changing water temperature we could start seeing a shift in range by several species. (more…)
May 9th 2013 Are you Coming?
For more info visit scat.org.au
How to Boat Better
Ocean Planet has developed betterboating.org to provide information on how boating users can reduce their environmental footprint, lower carbon emissions and conduct their recreational activity in a clean, beneficial and harmonious relationship with the unique marine environment of Tasmania (as well as with our outstanding lakes and rivers). (more…)
Stories From The Sea
Many Tasmanians love our unique and special marine environment, but few know what life in our oceans was like in decades past.
For the first time, our friends at Environment Tasmania have brought together a collection of “Stories from the Sea” in an online video series featuring “sea dogs” who’ve seen it all over recent decades.
Subscribe to the Environment Tasmania YouTube channel and be surprised and amazed at the stories from this unique new video series. Watch the main video below and subscribe to watch the individual interviews uploaded weekly.
