Rachel Przeslawski

Environmental considerations related to floating offshore wind farms: a case study from waters around New South Wales, Australia This review provides a summary of research to inform the potential environmental impacts of floating offshore wind farms, using the waters around New South

Environmental considerations and floating offshore wind - new paper! doi.org/10.1071/MF24...

Using a case study from SE Australia, this review applies government-identified impact pathways to show that effects depend on wind-farm and environmental characteristics.

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'Taxonomy is a foundation of marine science, and it is in trouble' has just been published in Advances in Marine Biology: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lsTbEs4JV.... The title is pretty clear.

✹✹✹The role of urchin barrens and associated species seem unique in New South Wales and likely warrant different management strategies within the state and among neighbouring jurisdictions as the species shifts its range.

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New material inspired by a sea sponge’s glass skeleton A sea sponge skeleton made of glass has engineers wondering how it might improve building materials.

Glass sponges have been one of my favourite animals for awhile: cosmosmagazine.com/science/biol...

And they've just inspired a new auxetic material.

Media article: cosmosmagazine.com/science/engi...

Journal article: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

Sponges for the win!

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NSW’s State Fish, the Eastern Blue Groper, will continue being protected NSW’s State Fish, the Eastern Blue Groper, will continue being protected

One of the biggest buzzes as a scientist is seeing your research being used by policymakers and managers to inform their decisions.

Our new paper on eastern blue gropers found population declines on near shore reefs, likely related to climate change: www.publish.csiro.au/mf/MF24130. 🧪

Hi, I'm a marine ecologist in Australia. Can you please add me to the science feed? orcid.org/0000-0003-02...