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Southern Ocean Sentinel
29 Apr 2010
The Southern Ocean between Australia and Antarctica is a thermostat regulating the Earth's current climate. Scientists believe that it can be a sentinel, an early warning system, of climate tipping points to come. Tiny plankton and massive currents hold the clues to how rapidly the Southern...
National Curriculum Year 9
Climate Seals
05 Mar 2009
This second program in a series of two investigates how Australian scientists are using seals to gather data in the sea under the Antarctic ice shelf. This area is a blind spot that is inaccessible to humans and other remote sensing devices. The scientists are researching ocean circulation and the...
National Curriculum Year 10
Argo Floats
26 Feb 2009
This first program in a series of two investigates Australia's involvement in a collaborative global project in which 3000 Argo floats (submersible robots) are deployed around the world's oceans. These robots use remote sensors to collect data that helps scientists understand processes deep below...
National Curriculum Year 10
Sea Mounts
19 Feb 2009
Strange sea creatures and bizarre underwater extinct volcanoes are now conserved in a marine reserve off the south coast of Tasmania. Cameras that withstand depths to 2000 metres have revealed great biodiversity and some unexpected organisms and adapations.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
Chemicals on the Great Barrier Reef
29 Aug 2009
This program deals with a range of human impacts on the Great Barrier Reef. Herbicides from land runoff have been traced to algae and sea grasses in river mouths and coastal zones along the Great Barrier Reef. Effects include retardation of photosynthesis and growth of corals. Other pressures on...
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
Coastal erosion and king tides
24 Oct 2009
A friendly discussion about the economic and environmental impacts of ways of dealing with the problems of simultaneous king tides and tidal surges associated with storms from a Californian perspective.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 9 and 10
