Samantha Andrews

21 May 2016

Conservation, Animals & Plants

Saving the European Eel

Samantha Andrews

21 May 2016

Conservation, Animals & Plants

Together with scientifically-backed fisheries management schemes, habitat maintenance plays a huge role in the conservation and sustainable use of migrating species, such as the European eel.

Samantha Andrews

29 April 2016

Conservation, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Animals & Plants, Environment, Climate Crisis

Coral Bleaching takes hold of the Great Barrier Reef

Samantha Andrews

29 April 2016

Conservation, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Animals & Plants, Environment, Climate Crisis

2016 has seen the worst coral bleaching event every recorded on the Great Barrier Reef.

Samantha Andrews

7 March 2016

Conservation, Animals & Plants, Environment

Plastic (not) fantastic. The Ocean Plastic Pollution Problem

Samantha Andrews

7 March 2016

Conservation, Animals & Plants, Environment

Plastic (not) fantastic. The Ocean Plastic Pollution Problem

Plastic pollution in any environment is without doubt unsightly, but the proliferation of plastics – particularly microplastics, throughout the World’s ocean has greater implications for marine life and humans than aesthetics alone.

Samantha Andrews

22 September 2015

Conservation, Animals & Plants, Environment, Community Science

The Invisibility of Microplastic Pollution

Samantha Andrews

22 September 2015

Conservation, Animals & Plants, Environment, Community Science

To tackle plastic pollution, we need to make is visible – and a charismatic problem.

Samantha Andrews

1 September 2015

Animals & Plants

What 415 million year old fossil plankton tells us about heavy metal pollution and extinction

Samantha Andrews

1 September 2015

Animals & Plants

415 million year old malformed fossils give us clues about extinction events in the ocean

Samantha Andrews

6 August 2015

Conservation, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Animals & Plants, Environment, Climate Crisis

Drawing Lines - Dynamic Ocean Management

Samantha Andrews

6 August 2015

Conservation, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Animals & Plants, Environment, Climate Crisis

Drawing Lines - Dynamic Ocean Management

When dealing with a dynamic, ever-changing ocean and species that move vast distances, dynamic ocean management offers new solutions.

Samantha Andrews

3 August 2015

Conservation, Animals & Plants, Environment

Noisy Neighbours (in the Ocean)

Samantha Andrews

3 August 2015

Conservation, Animals & Plants, Environment

Improvements in technology that allow us to monitor the oceans as well as increases in our understanding of animal behaviour is providing an increasing body of evidence that ocean noise may have on the health and long-term persistence of a variety of different marine species.

Samantha Andrews

29 July 2015

Conservation, Animals & Plants

A brighter future for the shy albatross

Samantha Andrews

29 July 2015

Conservation, Animals & Plants

When stressors pile up in the ocean, their cumulative impact can be much worse for marine life. Just ask Australia's shy albatross.

Samantha Andrews

23 June 2015

Animals & Plants

The travelling life of the tiger shark

Samantha Andrews

23 June 2015

Animals & Plants

At 9 foot long, not including the tail, tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) Harry Lindo is not exactly on the small side. It also turns out that Harry is one heck of an ocean wanderer.