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An international team of marine scientists from Hong Kong, Japan, and Canada, led by Dr Bayden D RUSSELL (Associate Director of the Swire...

Researchers from SWIMS (Yuanyuan Hong and Mariaki Yusuhara) and collaborators used tens of thousands of small fossil shells preserved in...

Biodiversity drives the support system of our planet and so we need to understand the biodiversity we have to keep our planet...

Do not wait for the right opportunity, come create it! At SWIMS we have researchers in multiple fields who are engaged in helping young...

Hong Kong is not just a mega-city. There is a lot more to it. Here is a video demonstrating the diversity of habitats we have in Hong...

Dr Stefano CANNICCI (Associate Director of the Swire Institute of Marine Science and Associate Professor from the Research Division for...

After a full expansion and renovation of our facilities, we have now officially re-opened on the 28th of July. Watch the video and...

Following the re-opening of SWIMS, Hong Kong’s famous whale is also scheduled to undergo its first restoration initiative in more than 20...

Geologist Nicole Khan examines coastal sediment samples to find out how sea levels have changed over the past 1,000 years. Click below to...

Since the introduction of the First World Ocean Assessment (WOA I) that provided a comprehensive report on the state of the planet’s...

The second stage of the seed grant with the Education Faculty, HKU saw SWIMers leading a fieldtrip with TWGHs Wong Fung Ling College...

HKU partners with Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences to set up Joint Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental...

New study finds seabird response to abrupt climate change 5,000 years ago 研究發現海⿃五千年前因應氣候變化⽽遷移 改變了亞南極島嶼的⽣態系統 The Falkland Islands are a...

They will help to repopulate coral communities and conserve biodiversity in Hong Kong

How can patterns in the marine biodiversity of the past help us to understand how it may change in the future? A recent research by Drs...