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Recent Publications

• Cowley, et al (2025) Insights into Seagrass Distribution, Persistence, and Resilience from Decades of Satellite Monitoring. . https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17244033

• Sjafrie, et al (2026). A framework for an effective nationwide seagrass data collection: a case study for Indonesia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107968

• Gillian et al (2025) Evaluating macroalgal hyperspectral separability in support of kelp mapping using Earth Observation, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17203491  

• Davey et al (2025) A review of the application of coral reef condition indicators in conservation planning and monitoring.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114222

• Diederiks et al 2025), Two decades of coral carbonate production within and across geomorphic zones. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-025-02736-4

• Smart et al (2025) Decadal monitoring shows seagrass decline and community shifts following environmental disturbance in Moreton Bay, south-eastern Queensland, Australia. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF25049

• Lawson et al (2025) Broadscale reconnaissance of coral reefs from citizen science and machine learning. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-025-14261-6

• Rivera-Sosa, et al(2025) Six decades of global coral bleaching monitoring: a review of methods and call for enhanced standardization and coordination. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1547870

• Carrasco Rivera, et al (2025) Remote Sensing Reveals Multidecadal Trends in Coral Cover at Heron Reef, Australia. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17071286  

• Sansoleimani, et al (2025) Neotectonics have affected the geomorphology of the northern Great Barrier Reef https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-025-02628-7

• Lowe et al (2025) BenthicNet: A global dataset of seafloor photography for deep learning applications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04491-1

In The News

• Mapping a better future for coral reefs

• Connecting Local Custodians to Heron Island and connecting Heron Island to cultural heritage (7 Aug 2025)

• Thousands of Queensland reef photos lead to worldwide change (15 July 2025)

• Satellites a solution for tracking coral reef health (30 April 2025)

• Satellites unveil the size and nature of the world’s coral reefs (14 February 2024)

• Citizen scientists make ‘surprising’ coral find (7 February 2023)

• ‘Momentous’ mapping project completed, helping to save world’s reefs (9 September 2021)

• Real-time satellite system to monitor global reef bleaching (19 May 2021)

• New mapping set to improve Great Barrier Reef management (8 April 2019)

• International global reef project maps now online (2 November 2018)

• Citizen scientists awarded for mapping local reef (2 August 2018)

• International mapping partnership to tackle coral reef crisis (5 June 2018)

• A researcher's paradise (30 May 2016)

• Citizen scientists help save reefs (14 December 2015)