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A playground for sea life: Navigating Shark Bay's ultimate balancing act This tiny community is enduring the ultimate balancing act, keeping hordes of tourists happy, mitigating the impacts of climate change and protecting their World Heritage-listed home. Lisa Millar explores how Shark Bay not only survives, but thrives.

This tiny community is enduring the ultimate balancing act, keeping hordes of tourists happy, mitigating the impacts of climate change and protecting their World Heritage-listed home. Lisa Millar explores how Shark Bay not only survives, but thrives.

ABC Back Roads has returned, with S12E1 featuring OI members 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 and 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗿.

Presenter Lisa Millar visits Shark Bay (Gathaagudu) in WA, the home of the 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄.

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A urine test for plastic chemicals set this 25-year-old on a mission to find solutions for pollution Kal Glanznig had his urine tested as part of an upcoming documentary exploring plastic pollution in Australia. The results left him speechless.

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My Garden Path | Dean Arthurell - Gardening Australia We meet Dean Arthurell, an arborist with a passion for protecting Western Australia’s magnificent black cockatoos.

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Great work @adriatix.bsky.social and team! #seagrassrestoration

How a centuries-old technique is helping save a dying seagrass species A centuries-old nautical technique is being redesigned within a small Sydney cove in a bid to save a tiny remnant population of a dying species.

How a centuries-old technique is helping save a dying seagrass species: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-13/science-key-to-saving-endangered-seagrass-population/106337120

Boats wreak hidden havoc on the harbour. Now the damage is being undone In “a major success for the city”, seagrass has been replanted for the first time underneath new environmentally friendly boat moorings.

Our work with @sims-australia.bsky.social to restore Sydney Harbour www.smh.com.au/environment/...

World's first legally binding treaty to protect oceans takes effect The High Seas Treaty will govern about two-thirds of the planet's oceans including vast areas beyond any country's borders.

World's first legally binding treaty to protect oceans and marine life takes effect www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

We already knew forests were heavy lifters in reducing climate pollution. New research reveals the tiny microbes in tree bark can also 'eat' climate gases.

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Nature's distressing struggle for life against plastics tsunami A beach on a remote island, and home to nesting turtles, is annually overwhelmed by tonnes of plastic garbage. Christmas Island is doing what it can to help stem the never-ending tide of pollution.

A beach on a remote island, and home to nesting turtles, is annually overwhelmed by tonnes of plastic garbage. Christmas Island is doing what it can to help stem the never-ending tide of pollution.

Strict fishing bans for Perth, WA beginning early 2026 Strict bans limiting commercial and recreational fishing in Perth and WA are announced in an effort to save some under-threat fish species from the brink of collapse.

Demersal fishing ban announced for commercial, recreational fishers in Perth and WA amid scarce fish stocks www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Don’t want waste this Christmas? How to give green and sustainable gifts Want to give and receive less stuff without being a scrooge? Experts offer their tips for enduring presents that sleigh * Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint * Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com One of the best lines from Paul Kelly’s song How to Make Gravy is: “Have a merry Christmas, I’m really going to miss it, all the treasure and the trash.” While piles of Slinkies, scented candles and beach cricket sets might seem like a rite of passage, unfortunately for the environment, research from the Australia Institute suggests when it comes to Christmas presents, in the balance of trash versus treasure, we are giving each other too much of the former. Nearly a third of Australians expect to receive Christmas presents they will not use or wear, amounting to $921m dollars’ worth of presents that will end up in landfill. Continue reading...

Don’t want waste this Christmas? How to give green and sustainable gifts

Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The passage of long overdue reforms to the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act demonstrates powerfully that democratic governance is alive and well in Australia. The Australian parliament has done its job and passed 21st-century reforms that support a modern economy, enable the creation of new and sustainable jobs while promising not to destroy, but in fact improve, the health of the natural world. Continue reading...

Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry

Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature? After years of failed attempts, Australia’s environmental laws are finally getting an overhaul. But will they stop the damage done to nature?

Our rapid assessment of the #EPBC Act reform package that's set to pass the senate theconversation.com/long-sought-... - Led by Justine Bell-James, with @drphilmccormack.bsky.social @yungenchee.bsky.social and me. #ESA2025 @aunz.theconversation.com @biodivcouncil.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm One expert says he is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’

‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
- by @readfearn.bsky.social

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Hybridization and low-light adaptability in California eelgrass (Zostera spp.) - Nature Plants Seagrass genomes of the deep-water Zostera pacifica and shallow-water Z. marina from the Eastern Pacific Ocean provide evidence for low-light adaptation exemplified in the wild hybrid Z. marina × paci...

Hybridization and low-light adaptability in California eelgrass (Zostera spp.)
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'Localised extinction' risk for seagrass in Botany Bay It is estimated half of the local seagrass habitat in Gamay (Botany Bay) has already been lost. Researchers and Aboriginal rangers are replanting seagrass fragments and using biochar to restore the ar...

'Localised extinction' risk for seagrass in Botany Bay
A team of local Aboriginal rangers has partnered with researchers from the University of NSW to rebuild the once thriving marine ecosystem within Gamay (Botany Bay).
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Inside an ambitious goal to connect two renowned national parks A decades-long conservation project restoring vegetation between two renowned national parks could be accelerated using the carbon economy.

Carbon credit profits used to fund restoration around UNESCO biosphere reserve
An ambitious project to reconnect bushland between the Fitzgerald River and Stirling Range National Parks in WA's Great Southern
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More whales are getting tangled in fishing gear and shark nets. Here’s what we can do

Australian scientists have noticed a rise in the number of whales getting entangled in ropes and fishing lines. Rescuing them is a job for experts.

Great to see the tree smokebush #Conospermum triplinervium in full bloom in a Bushland Forever site. This population is one of few remaining within the Perth metro area and found to be genetically distinct: www.publish.csiro.au/bt/BT07137
#UrbanBiodiversity #Proteaceae #WesternAustralia

While the unapproved earthworks were underway, the federal minister for climate change and energy, Chris Bowen, visited the Railton cement works to announce a $52.9 million grant to Cement Australia to upgrade the kiln to allow burning woodchips and shredded tyres as a partial substitute for coal.’

A great way to combine some exercise and get involved in #citizenscience through beach walking, swimming, snorkelling. For more information and to record your observations of #Posidonia australis flowers and fruit: www.seedsofthesea.org

Call for beachgoers to snap pics for science - ABC listen If you've ever been swimming or diving along the south coast of Australia, you might be familiar with the stunning array of colours and textures that make up our native seagrass meadows. But did you ...

PhD student Natalie Coy spoke on Radio National this morning about the Seeds of the Sea citizen science project. This project asks citizen scientists to report sightings of Posidonia seagrass flowers in NSW, to inform future restoration of this endangered species. 🌊🌐🧪

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A new paper out: Fragmentation of #seagrass meadows in the years following the 2010/2011 #marineheatwave compound the ecological impacts of mortality and prolong recovery #Amphibolis #Posidonia: zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New marine park to protect WA's world-famous Exmouth Gulf The West Australian government announces a new marine park to safeguard an enormous stretch of coastline adjacent to Ningaloo Reef.

The West Australian government announces a new marine park to safeguard an enormous stretch of coastline adjacent to Ningaloo Reef.

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Safe no more: off-the-charts marine heat has severely damaged Ningaloo and other pristine coral reefs Luck seems to have run out for many Western Australian coral reefs, as an off-the-charts marine heatwave leaves a trail of bleaching and coral death.

Safe no more: off-the-charts marine heat has severely damaged Ningaloo and other pristine coral reefs
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Expanding seaweed farms pose a risk to vital marine life Without appropriate management, seaweed farming programmes could be dangerous for marine biodiversity and the benefits that humans get from the ocean.

'Seaweed farming at scale would occupy thousands if not millions of square kilometres of oceans' - another unintended consequence is the shading of #seagrass ecosystems, one of natures great carbon sinks. theconversation.com/expanding-se...

Most of Australia’s conservation efforts ignore climate risks – here are 3 fixes New research reveals only 44% of biodiversity offset policies and 27% of voluntary conservation programs consider climate risk. These 3 practical steps can help.

Most of Australia’s conservation efforts ignore climate risks – here are 3 fixes
Imagine replanting various native species only to have them die because the area is too hot or too dry. Or reconnecting woodland habitat only to lose large tracts to bushfire.
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