Jul 7, 2015 | Facilities, Posts
Solar powered sensors and a video camera are deployed in the Lizard Island lagoon to monitor key air and water parameters. Real-time data is available on a dedicated touch screen at the Research Station. The system is called LIOS – the Lizard Island... 
Mar 23, 2015 | Facilities, Reef condition
For the second time in less than a year, the Lizard Island Research Station has been in the path of a cyclone that required everyone to evacuate to Cairns. See Cyclone Nathan Part 1 and Part 2, and Cyclone Ita (April 2014). The good news: Once again there was no...Mar 23, 2015 | Facilities, Reef condition
By: Steve Doo (PhD student University of Sydney), Cassy Thompson (LIRS staff) The second in a blog series about our Lizard Island Research Station’s recovery from 2015’s Cyclone Nathan. Day 4 of the evacuation: we are writing this update from our hotel in...Mar 20, 2015 | Facilities, Reef condition
By: Steve Doo (PhD student University of Sydney) Cassy Thompson (LIRS staff) Paloma Matis (PhD student University of Technology Sydney) A blog series about our Lizard Island Research Station’s recovery from 2015’s Cyclone Nathan. Lizard Island Blog – 19 March... 
Aug 18, 2014 | Facilities, Observation
The Lizard Island Research Station is widely regarded as the premier location for field research on the Great Barrier Reef. It’s ‘alumni’ list is superb. It continues to attract many of the best and brightest marine scientists from all over the...