Nov 15, 2016 | LIFG, Observation, Reef condition
The Lizard Island Field Guide lists over 150 of the 600 species of coral found in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. To view them, begin at Corals and Similar Animals and click on the photos until you come to the end of each thread. It is the next best thing to... 
May 14, 2016 | Reef condition
The Australian Coral Reef Society has released a paper (PDF, 750KB) identifying 8 key stressors affecting coral reefs and suggesting policy goals: 1. Climate change is the greatest and most pressing challenge. It affects coral reefs through warming sea surface... 
Mar 25, 2016 | Bleaching, Global change, Observation, Reef condition
Sea temperatures around Lizard Island and elsewhere in the northern sector of the Great Barrier Reef were one or two degrees above normal for several weeks in March 2016, but started to cool off in April. See BOM Anomaly Forecast. Coral tolerates short-term... 
Mar 25, 2016 | Bleaching, Observation, Reef condition
This photo essay was created by Professor Justin Marshall, Chief Investigator and Project Leader at CoralWatch. It provides a few graphic glimpses of how coral bleaching is affecting reef ecology. Nemo is an Eastern Clown Anemonefish Amphiprion percula. This is his... 
May 8, 2015 | Observation, Reef condition
Life and science at the Lizard Island Research Station in 2014. Every April, the Australian Museum’s Lizard Island Research Station publishes a report on the previous year’s research and scientific publications. Even though 2014 was a year of massive disruption... 
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...