Jill Studholme
Edits SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011), the monthly newsletter with articles on diving and marine science. She tweets as @SCUBANews. You can find her on Google+ at https://plus.google.com/+JillStudholme/.
Ningaloo Reef On World Heritage List
UNESCO adds Ningaloo reef in Western Australia to its World Heritage List. One of the longest near-shore reefs in the world, Ningaloo Reef hosts annual whale shark gatherings and is home to numerous marine species including a wealth of turtles.
Scientists Warn of Unprecidented Marine Exctinctions
We knew it was bad, but it is even worse than we thought. World rushing heedlessly towards global marine extinctions.
Jellyfish blooms move food energy from fish to bacteria
Over the last few years reports of jellyfish blooms around the world have been increasing. This is bad news for the marine food web, as the jellyfish are voracious predators of plankton, but are not readily consumed by other predators. New study shows that jellyfish shunt food energy from fish toward bacteria.
How Life on the Surface affects Life on the Seafloor
Analysis of a comprehensive database has revealed strong links between biological productivity in the surface oceans and patterns of biomass and abundance at the...
2011 is the Year of the Turtle
Turtle conservation groups are designating 2011 as the Year of the Turtle.
The sex of some species of turtles is determined by the temperature of...
Hamlet fish sheds light on evolution
SCUBA divers record distribution of reef fish and help make evolution discovery.
Marble Ray is Creature of the Month
This month's featured creature is the giant Marble Ray. Three metres long it is not aggressive but watch out for the spines on its tail.