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Called an Eco Shark Barrier, the $900,000 nylon net acts as a barrier that keeps sharks away from the beach, and beach-goers safe.
Read moreThe worst affected area is a 700km stretch of reefs in the GBR's northern region, which lost an average of 67% of its shallow-water corals in the past eight to nine months.
Read moreThe Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston, Tasmania has achieved scientific results of interest to beer brewers and drinkers worldwide.
Read moreIncredibly photogenic creatures, they have a fascinating ability to rapidly change their colour and skin texture, an ability which they use to great effect as camouflage when they are hunting or being hunted, to communicate with other cuttlefish a
Read moreFor the first time, tour operators in Western Australia have commenced offering dives with the humpback whales. A four-month trial will allow charter boats in Exmouth and Coral Bay to take people out to dive with the whales on Ningaloo Reef.
Read moreHMAS Tobruk was retired last year after 35 years of service, including many humanitarian missions. She was launched in 1980.
Read moreAmbrozio Queirozneto would appreciate five minutes of your time to complete a survey
Read moreWith up to 10m tides, the Kimberley region in north Western Australia has the largest tropical tides in the world, creating naturally extreme and highly dynamic coastal habitats that corals from more typical reefs could not survive.
Read moreCoral colonies of P. cylindrica have a unique internal solution to the problem of forming their skeletons and building reef structure in the face of rising ocean acidification.
Read moreThe wreckage was first discovered 56km south of Cairns in 35m of water by Cairns diver Kevin Coombs in 2013, but weather and planning challenges delayed the final dives to complete the investigation.
Read moreThere are many ways to reach Exmouth. You may either fly in from Perth, capital of the state, or you can hire a car to cover the 1,300 km distance in one-and-a-half days.
Read moreWhile flying to Australia on my way to dive the GBR for a week with Mike Ball Dive Expeditions (MBDE), I was reading The Reef by Iain McCalman.
Read moreDeveloped by roboticists from Queensland University of Technology, this is the world's first robot designed to search and destroy (so to speak) the dreaded crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS).
Read moreUNESCO's world heritage body, based in Paris, commissioned an expert report on the threats to the reef, including climate change, pollution run-off from the mainland and continuing coastal development.
Read moreThe present study examined shark distribution patterns, species-habitat associations, and marine reserve use with baited remote underwater video stations (BRUVS) along the entire Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP) over a ten year period.
Read moreThe policy allowing for the culling of any sharks longer than 3m was introduced after seven lethal shark attacks in three years off West Australian beaches.
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