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Weather station at Davies Reef.

Image courtesy of Marie Roman / AIMS

Other impediments to data collection include severe weather events, such as cyclones which have been known to wipe out infrastructure and sensors for long periods.

There are approximately 300 temperature loggers helping gath- er data on sea temperatures on Australia’s reefs. They are ex- changed annually or more frequently if there is a coral bleaching event. A collaborative effort across universities and government agencies also monitors conditions at key times and locations us- ing IMOS Event Based Sampling’s autonomous ocean gliders.

University of Sydney marine biologists have identi