WHEN Geoff BASTYAN noticed seagrass disappearing from harbours in Albany nearly 50 years ago, he would never have predicted his observation would lead to the most successful seagrass restoration in the world.
Flinders researchers have confirmed the importance of the remote Ningaloo Reef as a conservation site of significance for the rare and secretive Australian humpback dolphin.
On field trips to Hibernia Reef off the coast of Western Australia Jenna CROWE-RIDDELL, and colleagues from the University of Adelaide, filmed a male turtle-headed sea snake (Emydocephalus annulatus) courting a female underwater.
Cet écosystème indispensable a disparu sur des milliers d'hectares et sur un millier de kilomètres le long du littoral, probablement en quelques semaines.
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) says Australia is facing economic carnage from clogged ports as a result of rapidly worsening crew change crisis around its coasts, as the crews of two further ships in Western Australia and Victoria refused to keep sailing today in bids for repatriation.