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In the news 📰📢 CMS researcher Dr Chris Rinke and his team have discovered a 'superworm' that can eat polystyrene! Dr Rinke and his team fed the superworms (Zophobas morio) different diets over a three week period, and found that the superworms which were fed a diet of just polystyrene not only survived, but even managed to gain weight. This is important, as it shows that the worms are actually getting energy from the polystrene, with the worms' gut microbes likely playing an important role. The research team hope to use these findings to engineer enzymes that are capable of breaking down plastic waste in recycling plants. Amazing work Dr Rinke and team 👏👏
Read the full story here: https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2022/06/superworms-capable-of-munching-through-plastic-waste
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In the news 📰📢 CMS researcher Dr Chris Rinke and his team have discovered a 'superworm' that can eat polystyrene! Dr Rinke and his team fed the superworms (Zophobas morio) different diets over a three week period, and found that the superworms which were fed a diet of just polystyrene not only survived, but even managed to gain weight. This is important, as it shows that the worms are actually getting energy from the polystrene, with the worms' gut microbes likely playing an important role. The research team hope to use these findings to engineer enzymes that are capable of breaking down plastic waste in recycling plants. Amazing work Dr Rinke and team 👏👏 Read the full story here: https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2022/06/superworms-capable-of-munching-through-plastic-waste
Video 5 - World Ocean Day 2021 Entry
World Ocean Day 2021 Video
There are five videos so make sure you watch them all.
Video 5 - By Riley Cameron - These clips were taken across various locations on the Antarctic peninsula during a sailing trip I was lucky enough to be a part of back in December 2018. The video showcases a number of Antarctic species including gentoo penguins, crabeater seals and elephant seals. The animals are likely not that familiar with humans, and hence they were very curious, which made for great up close and personal footage. In the second last clip, the massive elephant seal got a little bit too close for comfort but luckily they were friendly! The video is significant to World Oceans day as it displays the relatively untouched nature of Antarctica's ecosystems and emphasises the need to protect them, along with all our oceans, from further human impacts.
Video 4 - World Ocean Day 2021 Entry
World Ocean Day 2021 Video
There are five videos so make sure you watch them all!
Video 4 - by Cedric van den Berg - Peacock mantis shrimp video
After more than five years and hundreds of dives in SE-QLD, it finally happened: I saw a peacock mantis shrimp. And not just any individual, a fully grown adult male, glaring at the threat of my camera & bright lights. What an animal! Google it =)
Video 3 - World Ocean Day 2021 Entry
World Oceans Day 2021 Winning Video!
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Video 3 - Fish friend by Laetitia Smoll
Life on land meets life in the sea. Friends can be made across all ecosystems! OK so I realise that this little guy just thought he found a nice patch of seaweed to hide in and wasn’t going to become the Flounder to my Ariel, but you have to dream a little…
And for a girl who watched The Little Mermaid about a billion times, this was a dream come true—if only for about 15 minutes. Then break time was over and we had to get back to science.
- Video taken in Ningaloo Reef lagoon, off Exmouth WA, May 2021
Video 2 - World Ocean Day 2021 Entry
World Ocean Day 2021 Video
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Video 2 - First time tasting the ocean by Melissa Staines
Imagine spending 2-5 days in complete darkness, it’s cramped and crowded with almost no space to move. Every couple of hours, there’s a huge vibration of activity and you get pushed up and up. Then you see light.. sunlight! All of a sudden your surroundings are clear, you can smell this strong salty air and the wind is blowing in your face. “Go down hill” this instinct to follow the depression of the sand, around you are so many other babies crawling the same direction. Shadows zoom over your head, swooping and snapping at the babies around you. Just keep going. Then you see it, the beautiful white glisten of the waves breaking on the shore. The urge to crawl towards it is so strong, yet the shadows are getting closer and closer. Then a cool wash of water races over you and for the first time, you taste the ocean. Keep going!!! You beat your teeny flippers as hard as you can, the tide is racing out but this is where you are supposed to be! You are a baby green turtle, good luck on your journey. One day you might return and the cycle can start again...
🐋 Entries open now for our World Oceans Day photo competition! 🐠 Due JUNE 4th ✅ This event is run annually by The Centre for Marine Science and now in partnership with MSUQ. There is also a new video category! Make sure to send you photo, artwork, or videos to [email protected] by June 4th at 8:00pm! Entries will be posted on the UQ Marine page for voting by our followers. Winners will be announced on June 8th, World Oceans Day! T&Cs here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Drzz4vnmVbTOe3l67znTNUbKpXAQ3iIk/view?usp=sharing Video is of 2019 entries. Thank you for your participation 😊