Working for a climate-smart future for marine ecosystems.
Ocean Futures at UniSC brings together researchers working at the interface between physical, mathematical and ecological sciences.
Marine and coastal systems provide a range of essential ecosystem services vital to human wellbeing, including providing the living marine resources that are a key source of protein for more than four billion people worldwide. The pace of physical change in the atmosphere, ocean and land resulting from anthropogenic climate change is driving widespread disruption to ecosystems globally.
This cluster is focused on climate-induced impacts to marine ecosystems, and on adaptation to future climate-associated risks. Our work is both theoretical and applied, spanning contexts from fisheries sustainability to marine conservation and spatial planning.
Cluster leads: Associate Professor Kylie Scales and Professor David Shoeman
Our aim
To innovate a climate-smart future for marine ecosystems and contribute towards the impact of UniSC on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, specifically 'Climate Action' & 'Life Below Water.'
About the Ocean Futures research cluster
Ocean Futures is a collective of experts in climate change impacts and adaptation, marine and coastal ecology, fisheries sustainability, aquaculture, physical oceanography, remote sensing, marine megafauna ecology and wildlife conservation.