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Cyclone intensifies, Australia's iron ore mines brace.

WA's SCOTT Reef has recovered from mass bleaching in 1998.

Pirogues doubles hawaïennes : un voyage autour du monde baptisé « Malama Honua ».

A particular species of crab has been helping Great Barrier Reef coral combat white syndrome, a deadly disease that causes coral tissue to disintegrate.

International marine scientists today warned it will be vital to protect key marine turtle nesting grounds and areas that may be suitable for turtle nesting in the future to ensure that the marine reptiles have a better chance of withstanding climate change.

Unprecedented warm sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies were observed off the west coast of Australia in February-March 2011. Peak SST during a 2-week period were 5°C warmer than normal, causing widespread coral bleaching and fish kills. Understanding the climatic drivers of this extreme event, which we dub "Ningaloo Niño", is crucial for predicting similar events under the influence of global warming. Here we use observational data and numerical models to demonstrate that the extreme warming was mostly driven by an unseasonable surge of the poleward-flowing Leeuwin Current in austral summer, which transported anomalously warm water southward along the coast. The unusual intensification of the Leeuwin Current was forced remotely by oceanic and atmospheric teleconnections associated with the extraordinary 2010-2011 La Niña. The amplitude of the warming was boosted by both multi-decadal trends in the Pacific toward more La Niña-like conditions and intraseasonal variations in the Indian Ocean.

A University of Queensland scientist is calling for volunteer divers to photograph the underside of manta rays in waters off the Western Australian coastline and upload them to Facebook as part of a research project.

A University of Queensland scientist is calling for volunteer divers to photograph the underside of manta rays in waters off the Western Australian coastline and upload them to Facebook as part of a research project.

Mangrove forests around the Indo-Pacific region could be submerged by 2070, according to international research published today.

Mangrove forests around the Indo-Pacific region could be submerged by 2070, according to international research published today.

A group of female dolphins has been learning from their mothers to use sponges to help catch fish for at least 180 years, a UNSW study has found.

Surfing geologist applies science to shark risk.

Search for MH370 likely to end by August.

Search for MH370 likely to end by August.

Sentinel-2A is demonstrating how it can be used to help forecast ocean waves around our coasts: sunlight reflected from the water surface reveals complex waves as they encounter the coastline and seafloor off the tip of Dorre Island, Western Australia.

Sentinel-2A is demonstrating how it can be used to help forecast ocean waves around our coasts: sunlight reflected from the water surface reveals complex waves as they encounter the coastline and seafloor off the tip of Dorre Island, Western Australia.

A new study of the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Marine Park has found that further protection may be needed to shield the reef against the impacts of climate change.

A new study of the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Marine Park has found that further protection may be needed to shield the reef against the impacts of climate change.

Marine parks need to cover large swathes of ocean, but they also need to cover the right areas if they are to deliver the best conservation. New research off Australia's northwest suggests how.

Marine parks need to cover large swathes of ocean, but they also need to cover the right areas if they are to deliver the best conservation. New research off Australia's northwest suggests how.

The third global bleaching event took its toll on Western Australia's super-corals.

Two Perth fishermen catch hammerhead shark off Geraldton beach.

Researchers have captured images of an extremely rare white southern right whale calf off swimming with its mother off the coast of Western Australia.

Researchers have captured images of an extremely rare white southern right whale calf off swimming with its mother off the coast of Western Australia.

Underwater recordings of vocal fish off the Australian coast reveal an ocean choir composed of at least seven distinct choruses.

Underwater recordings of vocal fish off the Australian coast reveal an ocean choir composed of at least seven distinct choruses.

A WESTERN Australian first trial to return oysters to an Albany estuary is exceeding scientists' expectations, a year into the ambitious project.