Heron Island field campaign

In November-December 2024, we returned to Heron Island for another round of atmospheric observations as part of the Cooling and Shading Subprogram of the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program (RRAP). This time we expanded our measurements to include sea-surface microlayer (SML) sampling, which was done in collaboration with Dr Sanja Frka Milosavljevic from the Rudjer Boskovic Institute (Zagreb, Croatia).

The powerhouse of the Heron Island QUT team: (from left to right): Sanja, Zijun, Magdalena, Juha
Sea surface microlayer sampling (photo courtesy of Ceylena Holloway)

 

It’s hard to pull our sampling gear through the soft sand…
During low tide lagoon corals are exposed to air
Heron Island sunsets never disappoint

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