Climate
Another summer, another mass coral bleaching event hits GBR
The fifth mass coral bleaching event in eight years has been confirmed on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR).
Category: Water
Nature & Wildlife
Moonlight basking and queer courting: The secret lives of freshwater turtles
New research reveals fresh insights into Australian freshwater turtle behaviour, survey methods and conservation strategies.
Biodiversity
Pollution and climate change are making it harder to be male… if you’re a sea turtle
Green sea turtle populations are already becoming increasingly female due to a warming climate. Now pollution may also be contributing to unbalanced sex ratios in the species.
Nature & Wildlife
New Great Barrier Reef fish species discovered living ‘in plain sight’
Researchers are celebrating after a University of the Sunshine Coast-led project detected the previously unknown species named Lady Elliot Shrimp Goby on a tiny coral cay.
Nature & Wildlife
New major threat to Reef discovered by scientists
Scientists have identified a major new threat to the Great Barrier Reef – invisible groundwater flows delivering nutrients at harmful levels.
Flora & Fauna
Playful whales use seaweed as a hat – or exfoliant
This “kelping” behaviour is more common than we realised.
Nature & Wildlife
UN grants Australia more time to avoid ‘in danger’ listing of Great Barrier Reef
The World Heritage Committee has given Australia more time to address major threats to the Great Barrier Reef and possibly avoid an in-danger listing.
Nature & Wildlife
Is the Great Barrier Reef reviving – or dying? Here’s what’s happening beyond the headlines
The Great Barrier Reef is not dead. Nor is it in good health. The truth is complex. To understand what’s going on takes more than a headline.
Nature & Wildlife
Experts demand new Great Barrier Reef plan
Australia’s plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef won’t cut it in the era of climate change and another approach is urgently needed, an expert panel says.
Nature & Wildlife
UN holds off Great Barrier Reef ‘danger’ classification
A UNESCO report has recommended the Great Barrier Reef not be placed on a list of world heritage sites “in danger”.