by Matilda Meikle | Apr 29, 2024 | Environment
New data has revealed that underwater burning in the Great Barrier Reef is causing as much damage as Black Summer bushfires. Without immediate intervention, the Great Barrier Reef could suffer irreparable damage, leading to the destruction of one of the most important...
by Matilda Meikle | Apr 5, 2024 | Environment
Australia’s Great Southern Reef is under attack from invasive urchins. With global temperatures rising as a result of climate change and a marine heatwave causing the east coast of Tasmania to remain two degrees above average temperatures for long periods of time,...
by Matilda Meikle | Feb 6, 2024 | Environment
Restoration efforts have brought an endangered fish species back from the edge. Flinders University has collaborated with local community groups to return the southern pygmy perch to Bendigo, Victoria. The plan to bring this endangered species back began five years...
by Matilda Meikle | Jan 30, 2024 | Environment
Experts are concerned as illegal fishing of sea cucumbers in northern Australia continues to impact the marine environment. Sea cucumbers are fished illegally on the Rowley Shoals in northern West Australia. Without serious regulation, the continued harvesting of...
