Oceanwise Australia

12/12/2024

With 2025 expected to surpass 1.5°C of global warming, threatening to destroy 70-90% of the world's coral reefs, developing this mega gas field is the last thing we can afford.

Scott Reef is, in the words of author Tim Winton, the last “unspoiled” clear-water coral reef in Australia.

14/06/2024

Thanks ROLEX, Mission Blue Sylvia A. Earle Alliance and all our partners and collaborators for helping to highlight the awesome biodiversity of the Exmouth Gulf & Ningaloo Reef Hope Spot.

Beneath the turquoise waters of Australia’s World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Coast is one of the planet’s largest fringing coral reefs. Although highly protect...

02/05/2024

We can do better. Better laws and better energy would be a good start...

A group of leading marine scientists have written to Prime Minister Albanese with an urgent plea to heed the science and reject new coal and gas projects for the sake of the world’s coral reefs.

28/09/2023

Good outcome today after a lot of hard work from a lot of people.

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Woodside is temporarily blocked from moving ahead with part of the Scarborough gas project off Western Australia's northern coast.

16/05/2023

Ningaloo's sparkling turquoise waters and marine life are well known to many, but this World Heritage treasure extends to the land, too — and conservationists fear its future is on a knife's edge.

11/03/2022

Still so many unique, varied and fascinating species to be discovered, especially in our oceans and preferably before human impacts drive them to extinction:

The Exmouth Gulf is considered a sea snake biodiversity hotspot with 11 out of 24 West Australian species now recorded in the globally significant environment but more research is needed to get a better understanding of the cryptic creatures and how best to protect them.

18/01/2022

Now that a Proposed Marine Park has been announced it's time to define how much of the Gulf is protected and what is allowed to happen there.