I often told I have the best job in the world but some days it is very hard to document what is now the 7th Mass Bleaching event I have witnessed. The 5th in the past 8 years. At least I had a friend following me.
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Seagrass: Nature’s unsung hero! 🌱 Did you know that these underwater wonders are biodiversity hotspots, providing habitat for countless marine species? They also store carbon, produce oxygen, protect coastlines, improve water quality, and support local economies through fisheries and tourism. Let’s give a round of applause to these amazing ecosystems! 👏💙 #seagrass #oceanheroes #protectourcoasts
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Spiders, with their innate architectural finesse, intricately weave webs as both traps for prey and shelters, showcasing nature’s ingenious design in a single strand.
One of the greatest thrills we gain from natural history film making is the discoveries we make along the way through the lens. One such method is time-lapse photography, an ideal monitoring tool for capturing changes that occur over a longer period of time.
Photography and science have a long history, and our passion for science and nature, continues to be nurtured through what we do.
Over the past week or so, there have been reports of bleaching over a number of areas on the Great Barrier Reef. Temperatures are currently 1-2 degrees above the long term average across the entire reef at present. The risk to already fragile coral is exacerbated by the recent record rainfall around the region.
Coral bleaching is a phenomenon where corals lose their vibrant colours due to the expulsion of the algae, called zooxanthaellae, living within their tissues. It is a symbiotic relationship. The corals provide the algae with a protected environment, and the algae provide the corals with energy through photosynthesis and contribute to their coloration. The expolsion of the algae is the corals response to environmental stresses, leaving behind their translucent white skeleton.
