As the world accelerates towards GreenEnergy, Australia stands at a crucial crossroads.

With OffshoreWind power playing a key role in the energy transition, balancing economic growth with Marine Conservation is more critical than ever.
🔹 10 million km² of marine zones,
🔹 33,000+ marine species,
🔹 AUD 68 billion blue economy (fisheries, tourism, offshore energy).

How can Australia ensure sustainable offshore wind development while protecting its rich marine biodiversity?

CLS’s innovative solutions are leading the way:
✅ DeepCLiDAR – Delivers precise wind data for optimal turbine placement.
✅ BaseLines – Monitors environmental changes and regulatory compliance.
✅ SARWind – Provides real-time wind field analysis to maximize efficiency and minimize risks.

By leveraging innovative technology, Australia can successfully integrate offshore wind farms while preserving the ecosystems that sustain its blue economy.

Want to learn more? Contact our team and explore how CLS can help optimize your offshore projects 👉 https://lnkd.in/e656jAQq

Take a glimpse into the recent journey of CLS Oceania’s representatives, who have returned from Darwin. During their time there, they participated in a workshop focusing on National Vessel Monitoring Systems. Additionally, took the opportunity to meet with local installers, gaining valuable insights into their perspectives and experiences. This firsthand knowledge is instrumental in shaping solutions that are inclusive and effective for all stakeholders involved, from governments to fishermen and installers.

Keep an eye out for some CLS personnel making their way around The 24th International Seaweed Symposium in Hobart, Tasmania in February 2023. Not only are they experts in oceanographic and water quality monitoring equipment but they are local Hobartians who know their way around the city and surrounds. So say hello and get a few travel tips for the beautiful city of Hobart. You may even get a good local dive spot out of it where you can explore some of Hobarts mysterious giant kelp forests.

If you have spent any time reading articles about Antarctic science this year, I’m sure you’ve heard some mention of krill. Krill play a vital role in the worlds ecosystems by eating phytoplankton and thus converting plant energy into a form that is digestible to penguins, seals, squid and whales. Once the penguins, seals, squid and whales absorb the energy by eating the krill, they carry it up the food chain and all around the world.

Because krill are so valuable in the world’s oceans, they are a topic of great scientific interest. Past research suggests there could be up to 500 million tonnes of krill swimming around the Southern Ocean, but because of ocean acidification we can’t be sure these numbers are stable. Krill embryos are susceptible to the low Ph levels which are forecast to occur in the Southern Ocean. Because carbon dioxide dissolves well in cold water, this means that the polar oceans of the earth are going to be affected first, and this is bad news for krill.

But how do we keep tabs on krill population numbers? The Krill Observation Mooring for Benthic Investigation or KOMBI for short, is one way. The KOMBI’s are designed to sit beneath the sea ice for 12 months at a time and record key environmental parameters such as temperature, depth, conductivity (salinity) and currents while listening for marine mammals and most importantly videoing krill behavior.

We at CLS Oceania are thrilled to be a part of the project and can’t wait to see what information it uncovers.

Oceanographic Engineer Alan Kemp loads KOMBI #003 onto the CLS work ute