A population of humpback whales migrates each year from the Southern Ocean to Great Barrier Reef Waters. It passes just to the east of where I live, in Brisbane, and most years* it includes the world’s only known white humpback – Migaloo.
Migaloo passed us by just last week and Dr Noad, who counts whales, reported that the population is the fastest growing whale population in the world. And he claims to have the the longest and most consistent series of whale surveys in the world.
Read the complete article here: http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=12363
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* In 2003 Migaloo went up the west coast of Australia – perhaps by mistake.
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.