Marine life
Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica’s frozen depths
Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the Southern Ocean’s frigid waters before a “hunk of a shark” swam into view of a remote camera.
- Rod McGuirk
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‘The water was completely dead’: Inside the grim race with a microscopic enemy
‘Seen the worst I can see’: On this remote stretch of beach, a new ground zero has emerged.
- Bianca Hall
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.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Better boat moorings to restore Sydney Harbour
An environmentally friendly version installed off Balmoral Beach has enabled seagrass meadows to be replanted.
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Shark stalks washed-up dolphin carcass on Sydney’s northern beaches
Graphic footage shows a dolphin carcass decomposing on the sand. The dorsal fin in the shallows behind is what closed the beach.
- Jack Gramenz
Dead dolphin attracts sharks
Bungan Beach in Sydney has been closed after a shark sighting. (Instagram/Cameron Bloom)
In the Trump era of America first, scientists fear for the future of Antarctica
There are growing concerns the treaty that has protected the last great wilderness for nearly 70 years may not hold as the old rules-based world order disintegrates along with the sea ice.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The pitch to bring Sydney’s hidden waterways to the surface
Colonial maps show a city with vast waterways now lost beneath roads and buildings, but “daylighting” hidden waterways in the suburbs could help cool Sydney down as the climate changes.
- Aidan Elwig Pollock
Goblin sharks off Sydney: The young scientist unveiling creatures of the deep
Australian scientist Yi-Kai Tea is investigating one of the weirdest realms of the ocean – and it’s right on Australia’s doorstep.
- Angus Dalton
‘Exactly what we need’: Call for shark danger rating system
Australia’s fire danger ratings alerts millions to potentially fatal danger. Experts say we can do the same for sharks
- Mike Foley