Media Report

ABC News

12 November 2013

Scientists say the conditions forecast for this summer will give the Great Barrier Reef a chance to recover from recent natural disasters.

The weather bureau says sea surface temperatures will be close to normal over the next three months. Read more

The Sydney Morning Herald

15 November 2013

Global warming is causing a silent storm in the oceans by acidifying waters at a record rate, threatening marine life from coral reefs to fish stocks, an international study showed.

News Mail

14 November 2013

THE Federal Government has tripled the fine for people convicted of killing protected dugongs and turtles under Commonwealth environment laws.

Environment Minister Greg Hunt on Thursday introduced the bill in the House, which will up penalties for killing, trading or interfering with the protected species. Read more

ABC News

08 November 2013

9 News

08 November 2013

Federal MP Clive Palmer says a massive dam storing contaminated water at his Queensland nickel refinery is meeting environmental regulations after claims it is at risk of overflowing.

ABC News

11 November 2013

Experts in moths, ants, birds, beetles, snails and plants have converged on Eungella National Park in north Queensland to find out how climate impacts biodiversity.

Together they'll search through tens of thousands of insect species to find a few climate sensitive creepy crawlies to be used as litmus tests in future climate change studies. Read more

ABC News

07 November 2013

Scientists are worried the Great Barrier Reef is on the verge of being hit by the most damaging crown of thorns starfish outbreak on record.

Sections of the reef between Cooktown and Cairns are already in the grip of an outbreak, the fourth recorded since the 1960s. Read more

The Conversation

01 November 2013

The Queensland and Australian government’s draft strategic assessment of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area has been released today.

CNN

01 November 2013

The recent discoveries of a stunning trove of new vertebrate species from the Cape Melville area of northeast Queensland, Australia, show that we still have a lot to learn about life on this planet.