Marine Biologist, TEDx Speaker, and Fish Physiologist studying how fish are responding to climate change
Watch my TEDx talk: Athletes of the Great Barrier Reef
With over 400 million years of evolution, fish represent one of the most successful adaptive radiation events in vertebrate history. Yet, we do not fully understand how fish are responding to environmental and human-induced stress and their capacity to adapt to global climate change.
🦈 Ep 3 Athletes of the Reef is out! New research led by Joel Gayford shows tonic immobility isn’t universal in sharks - for some species, “playing dead” may be a fatal mistake. 🎙️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/05xT... 📄 Paper: doi.org/10.1007/s111... #SharkScience #MarineBiology 📸 Rachel Moore
🎧 Enjoying Athletes of the Reef? And the research? If you’d like to support the science behind it, tax-deductible donations make a real difference for our #shark & #coralreef fish #conservation research. Funding is tough right now. Every bit helps. 🦈🌊 rummerlab.com/donations #RummerLab #physioshark
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Some newborn sharks have a belly button... but it heals! What can this teach us about injury healing, especially w/ ocean warming? New study by @shamildebaere.bsky.social & #physioshark team published in J. Fish Bio. Ep 002 "Athletes of the Reef" 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4IdN... #sharkresearch
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Dr Carolyn Wheeler did excellent work w/this project during her PhD at @jcuofficial.bsky.social - interesting findings! Have a listen to the episode on our "Athletes of the Reef" podcast 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0V7q... 🦈 #sharkconservation #sharkresearch #walkingsharks #RummerLab #physioshark
New #podcast episode alert! “The zero-cost mystery: how epaulette sharks may be reproducing for free” is now live on Athletes of the Reef. Surprising results from a recent study led by Dr Carolyn Wheeler! #sharkscience #reproduction #conservation 🎧 Listen → open.spotify.com/episode/0V7q...
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Marine wildlife fleeing to poles due to global heating as Australian oceans face ‘uncharted’ future. The rules that we’ve been relying on for ocean protection and conservation… they’re going to have to evolve. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
From 2040 onwards the average year for marine ecosystems is likely to be more extreme than the worst years experienced up until 2015, researchers say
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At COP30 numbers are jaw-dropping: 1 in 25 participants is a fossil-fuel lobbyist. If change is going to come from within, then this isn’t a cameo, it’s control. We need institutional integrity & transparency - not just token seats at the table. www.theguardian.com/environment/... #ClimateAction
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
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“The National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that it will form a federal task force to curb Pacific humpback whale entanglements in fishing gear. Dozens of humpbacks are entangled off the Pacific Coast every year.” biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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Australia is reshaping its national environment laws, but EPBC Act reforms still leave big gaps. Weak standards, political exemptions, & no accountability for climate impacts = risks for nature. Strong, enforceable protections matter - especially now. biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/ge...
Our factsheet outlines the strengths, weaknesses, and recommended improvements to the Australian Government’s proposed environmental law reforms.
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Heartbreaking loss: juvenile humpback whale (~8m) entangled & drowned in shark net off NSW coast. Shark nets don’t necessarily do what we assume -- protect beach-goers -- and pose serious risks to sharks, whales, dolphins, turtles, and other non-target animals. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It is the first whale to have died out of 15 entangled in shark nets on Australia’s east coast so far this year
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Great Barrier Reef was saved - for a while @physiologyfish.bsky.social @profterryhughes.bsky.social @learnfromnature.bsky.social
You can have your (crab)cake & eat it too! Well said! #sustainabilitypossibilities 🦀🐟🐠🐡🍤🎣
But dozens of Australian scientists, including some of the country’s top climate researchers, wrote Albanese this week expressing dismay at the target, imploring the government “to go further”. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... @australia.theguardian.com @euanritchie.bsky.social #climatecrisis
Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese also resurrects bid for temporary seat on UN security council
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Half a century ago, the Great Barrier Reef was to be drilled for oil. It was saved – for a time theconversation.com/half-a-centu...
In the late 1960s, oil and gas companies began exploring the Great Barrier Reef for oil. It took campaigners, unionists and a royal commission to protect the reef.
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Eight of the top 10 online shows are spreading climate misinformation yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/eigh...
Often backed by large advertising budgets, a new breed of climate denial is gaining popularity.
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50 years of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act… what were the initial drivers? What does it mean now in a time of 30 by 30? theconversation.com/half-a-centu...
In the late 1960s, oil and gas companies began exploring the Great Barrier Reef for oil. It took campaigners, unionists and a royal commission to protect the reef.
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Baby shark season is nearly here 🌊🦈 Since 2013 Physioshark has built a 12-year dataset (~1800 pups). Support climate change research on reef shark nurseries, student training, outreach, & advocacy. Tees, singlets, hoodies. 100% profits to the lab. Shop: shorturl.at/SKFfX #Physioshark #SharkScience