Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, CSIRO
Denise is a broadly trained ecologist whose current research focuses on marine debris and fisheries related issues.
Apr 25, 2024 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
In the two decades to 2019, global plastic production doubled. By 2040, plastic manufacturing and processing could consume as much as 20% of global oil production and use up 15% of the annual carbon emissions...
Local efforts have cut plastic waste on Australia's beaches by almost 30% in 6 years
Jun 09, 2022 08:39 am UTC| Life
Its common to hear about large amounts of plastic waste floating around our oceans. But while the problem of plastic waste is growing globally, in Australia its going the other way. This is because most plastic rubbish...
Crimes at sea: when we frame illegal fishers as human and drug smugglers, everyone loses
Jan 20, 2021 01:51 am UTC| Law
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing costs economies up to US$50 billion globally each year, and makes up to one-fifth of the global catch. Its a huge problem not only for the 59.5 million people who depend on...
For decades, scientists puzzled over the plastic 'missing' from our oceans – but now it's been found
Mar 15, 2020 16:20 pm UTC| Nature
Youve probably heard that our oceans have become a plastic soup. But in fact, of all the plastic that enters Earths oceans each year, just 1% has been observed floating on the surface. So where is the rest of it? This...
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