Originally from Japan, Watersipora subatra is gradually invading the oceans and seas of the globe. The introduction of a species into a new ecosystem can sometimes lead to irremediable ecological imbalances. In the marine environment, their consequences can be serious due to the difficulty of intervention. There are some spectacular examples, such as the tropical …
In Australia, the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing a new episode of bleaching. This is the sixth since 1998, but the fourth in less than seven years. A frequency that worries researchers and bears witness to the devastating effects of global warming on our oceans, worldwide. Explanations, with three Australian specialists. 2016, 2017, 2020 and …
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The government must now address other threats to the region’s vulnerable wildlife and communities. Australia’s northern territory has incredibly healthy tropical coastlines and seas – a dazzling mosaic of seaweed meadows, coral reefs, mangroves, estuaries and vast tidal flats that support many wildlife as well as indigenous and other communities. The region is home to …
A man was mauled to death by a great white shark in Australia. The last minutes of life the swimmer shouted for help and tried to save, but died.Over the past few years, shark attacks on humans have become more frequent. But, as experts note, even bees are more dangerous to humans than sharks. The …
British and American paleontologists have described a fossil of a giant sea scorpion, whose appearance has been reconstructed from the preserved back of the animal, mainly from its tail and the so-called telson – a tail spike. An article about this was published in the journal Historical Biology. The new species of marine scorpions was …
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In Sydney for the first time in 60 years there was a fatal shark attack on a man, reports SkyNews. The victim of the attack was a man swimming in the sea. According to the media, the incident occurred in the afternoon at Malabar beach. According to eyewitnesses, the shark attacked a man swimming in …
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Scientists have successfully artificially inseminated bamboo white-spotted sharks, giving birth to 97 fish. This is the largest attempt to date to breed sharks in this way and could help to conserve them. This was reported by the Field Museum of Natural History in the US city of Chicago. Due to water pollution, climate change and …
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We are thankfully seeing a shift from myth to reality: sharks bites are not governable, and politicians should take note here is no good or easy way to begin a discussion about responses to shark bites so soon after a tragic loss of life. The fatal shark bite incident that took Christine Armstrong’s life in Tathra is …
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EXPERTS are calling on shark nets like those that caught two great whites at Bondi Beach last week to be removed because they do nothing to reduce attacks. The University of Sydney’s Dr Christopher Neff said there was “very little evidence” nets prevented shark bites.“There are no decisions governments can make that will reduce the …
SEA Life Sydney Aquarium staff are diving into the Coogee Island Challenge to raise awareness of the issue of shark nets and the threats to marine conservation. Sea Life conservation fund manager Claudette Rechtorik said the NSW Shark Meshing Program was not in the best interests of marine conservation or swimmer safety and the nets …
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