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Marine heatwaves, like their land counterparts, are growing hotter and longer. Sea species in southeastern Australia, southeast Asia, northwestern Africa, Europe and eastern Canada are most at risk.
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.
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 may help offset the effects. Seagrass is crucial to slowing climate change because…
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Associate Professor in Marine Biology, Swansea University
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Chief Conservation Officer, Project Seagrass & Research Affiliate, Swansea University
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Research Fellow, Cardiff University
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Distinguished Professor of Marine Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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Professor of Marine Science & Founder/Director of Blue Carbon Lab, Deakin University
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Principal Researcher, Coastal Ecology, Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC)
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Lecturer in coastal environmental sciences and sustainable development, Uppsala University
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Gary Kendrick is a Friend of The Conversation.
Winthrop Professor, Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
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PhD Candidate, Marine Ecology, University of Edinburgh
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Associate Professor in Biology, Flinders University
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Professor of Marine Ecology, Edith Cowan University
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Research Fellow in Marine Ecology, Marine Biological Association
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Assistant Professor of aquatic ecology, Utah State University
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Principal Researcher, James Cook University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia