Everyone knows the Great Barrier Reef is in peril. But a continent away, Western Australia's Shark Bay is also threatened by marine heatwaves that could alter this World Heritage ecosystem forever.
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Coral reefs are in trouble, but other marine species are also feeling the strain but are off the conservation radar.
The sediments that accumulate beneath seagrass meadows can act as secure vaults for shipwrecks and other precious artefacts, by stopping water and oxygen from damaging the delicate timbers.
New research highlights the role of sea turtles and dugong in the dispersal of seeds and maintenance of seagrass meadows, an important marine habitat and the primary food source for both animals.
Seagrass meadows play a significant role in supporting world fishery productivity.
The 'canaries of the sea' are sending a worrying message about the health of our oceans.
It can fill in the scientific gaps.
Seagrass medows support rich biodiversity. New research shows what you can do to protect them.
Trowels and spades are being put to use in the sea.
It's not just the land and people that have been badly affected by hurricanes.
Scientists have sequenced the seahorse's genome and found the genes that could explain male pregnancy.
Seagrass is more than just a bit of sea greenery.
Sharks and other ocean predators help protect the ocean's carbon stores by keeping other wildlife in check.
In the summer of 2010-2011 Western Australia experienced an unprecedented heatwave — but not on land. Between December 2010 and April 2011, sea temperatures off the WA coast reached 3C above average, and…
New weed control techniques developed for sugarcane crops in Queensland could reduce herbicide runoffs into the Great Barrier…
Australia is surrounded by a thin green line of seagrass meadows potentially worth A$5.4 billion on international carbon markets, and which could contribute to Australia and other nations meeting carbon…
Segrass carbon sequestration could be worth as much as A$45 billion, based on the current carbon price of about A$23 per…
Rising sea levels will lead to a drastic decline in seagrass stocks, a new study has found, but reducing water pollution…
Seagrass stores carbon 35 times faster than rainforests, preventing billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases escaping every…
An ancient seagrass that spans up to 15 kilometres and weighs more than 6,000 metric tonnes may be more than 100,000 years…
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