Media Report

Finding Nemo just got a lot easier with 360 degree Google ReefView

Courier Mail

20 August 2013

EXPLORE Australia's majestic Great Barrier Reef without getting wet, saying hello to Nemo, Dory and chums via an underwater Google Maps tour.

Navy locates bombs ditched over Barrier Reef by US fighter jets

Herald Sun

16 August 2013

THE navy has successfully located four unexploded bombs on the Great Barrier Reef, exactly one month after they were dropped by US fighter jets.

The Defence Force said the bombs - two inert and two high-explosive, but unarmed - had been found in conjunction with the US Navy by the RAN minehunter HMAS Gascoyne. Read more

Marine mammals under threat from climate change

Science Network Western Australia

16 August 2013

CLIMATE change will threaten the survival of marine mammals according to researchers investigating the impact of rising air and sea surface temperatures on Australia’s ocean dwelling mammals.

They warn an increase in dugong mass-strandings could be among the consequences of climate change, in addition to reduced habitats and breeding success. Read more

Australian endangered species: Leatherback Turtle

The Conversation

15 August 2013

Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are the largest, oldest and most widely distributed of the world’s marine turtles.

Great Barrier Reef dredging could be more damaging than thought

The Guardian

15 August 2013

Dredging could be more harmful to the Great Barrier Reef than previously thought, a government-commissioned report has found, amid fresh warnings over the impact of coastal industrialisation on sea turtles and dugongs.

The WWF claimed the report proved that the dredging and dumping of seabed sediment near the reef should be banned. Read more

Scientists call for global action on coral reefs

Natural Environment Research Council

13 August 2013

Urgent cuts in carbon emissions are needed if Caribbean coral reefs are to survive past the end of the century, scientists have warned.

WWF: Report Confirms the Worst Fears (Australia)

Dredging Today

12 August 2013

The Fight for the Reef campaign has seized on a new report on the impact of dredging on the Great Barrier Reef as further evidence that the practice of dumping dredge waste should be banned.

Richard Leck, WWF-Australia spokesperson for the Fight for the Reef Campaign said that the report confirms the worst fears for anyone who loves the Reef. Read more

Short-spined Crown-of-thorns Starfish, Acanthaster brevispinus

Red Orbit

12 August 2013

Turtles eating record amounts of plastic

Brisbane Times

09 August 2013

Green turtles are swallowing plastic at twice the rate they did 25 years ago, according to a new study.

The finding is based on data collected across the globe since the late 1980s and analysed by researchers at the University of Queensland. Read more

World Heritage queries proposed dredging of Great Barrier Reef