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marine biodiversity
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Reef relief: how a late summer monsoon helped cool the Great Barrier Reef at just the right time
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is a true natural wonder: a unique and diverse underwater seascape the size of…
A 5.3 million‑year‑old whale graveyard has been found on the floor of the Indian Ocean
Vanessa Pirotta, Macquarie University When a whale dies, a very special natural phenomenon can come alive. The carcass…
Deep‑sea sponges survive in complete darkness in ways we didn’t know before
Alessandro N. Garritano, University of Sydney; UNSW Sydney and Torsten Thomas, UNSW Sydney When we think of marine…
We tracked 13,000 giants of the ocean over 30 years, to uncover their hidden highways
Alexandra Vautin, Shutterstock Ana M. M. Sequeira, Australian National University Big animals of the ocean go about their…
Ancient fossils show how the last mass extinction forever scrambled the ocean’s biodiversity
Even bivalves looked different during the time of the dinosaurs, as these fossils of an ultra-fortified oyster, left,…
Study Finds Coral Genotypes Can Resist Either Disease or Pollution, But Not Both
At a Glance Coral reefs are vital ecosystems that provide essential services such as coastal protection, marine biodiversity,…