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Shark Bay was hit by a brutal marine heatwave in 2011. W. Bulach/Wikimedia Commons

Shark Bay: A World Heritage Site at catastrophic risk

Matthew Fraser, The University of Western Australia; Ana M. M. Sequeira, The University of Western Australia; Brendan Paul Burns, UNSW ; Diana Walker, The University of Western Australia; Jon C. Day, James Cook University, and Scott F. Heron, James Cook University

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.
Shark Bay is one of Australia’s 19 World Heritage Areas, home to dolphins, dugongs, and sharks. Matthew Fraser

Climate change threatens Western Australia’s iconic Shark Bay

Matthew Fraser, The University of Western Australia; Gary Kendrick, The University of Western Australia; John Statton, The University of Western Australia; Jordan Thomson, Florida International University, and Michael Heithaus, Florida International University

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…

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