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Ever heard of ocean forests? They're larger than the Amazon and more productive than we thought

Hidden underwater are huge kelp and seaweed forests, stretching much further than we previously realised. With their ability to grow quickly and sequester carbon, they may hold part of the climate change answer!

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Meet the world’s largest plant: a single seagrass clone stretching 180 km in Western Australia’s Shark Bay

To find out how many different individual plants are growing in a seagrass meadow, you have to test their DNA. We did this for meadows of ribbon weed seagrass called Posidonia australis in the shallow sun-drenched waters of the Shark Bay World Heritage Area, in Western Australia and the result ...

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How To Stop Your Bathers Flooding The Ocean With Plastic

Swim with the fishes without hurting their home!

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Ten Turtle-tastic Ways To Reduce Your Plastic Consumption

Conservation biologist Alice Forrest shares her tips for plastic free living.

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How will the Barrier Reef recover from the death of one-third of its northern corals?

An estimated one-third of corals have now died in the parts of the Great Barrier Reef hit hardest by bleaching, meaning recovery could take years or even decades

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Queensland commits to fixing water quality in the Great Barrier Reef

Current measures are not enough to protect the Great Barrier Reef, according to experts in a government report recently released.

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What will it take to rid our oceans of plastics? These groups think they know.

From the Seabin, to The Ocean Cleanup Project and Divers against Debris; there are groups of people thinking outside the box when it comes to the issue of ocean pollution. We consider the pros and cons of each.