What is Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease?

One of the many casualties of climate change is the earth's coral reefs. In the span of ten years, we lost 14% of the coral worldwide due to rising sea surface temperatures. To put that in perspective, 14% of the world's coral is more than all of Australia's coral combined. Here...

The Best Beaches in Australia: A State-by-State Guide

With over 30,000 kms of stunning coastline circling our sun-soaked shores, it’s no wonder we are known for having some of the best beaches in the world – all 10,000 of them...

Get To Know Coastcare Week 2021 (6-12 December)

There are an estimated 4,000 species of fish in the marine environment around Australia, and that figure doesn't even include the molluscs or the mammals and birdlife that thrive on the coast. But how much are you doing to care for this delicate ecosystem? One way to get everyone involved...

Coral Bleaching: Causes, Consequences and Cures

You’ve probably heard the term “coral bleaching” thrown around a lot in the news and scientific circles in recent years. However, you may not know exactly what it means, the consequences of it and if it can be fixed...

Misleading Marketing: How To Avoid Greenwashing and Bluewashing

These days, sustainability is the new sexy. From plastic bag bans and carbon neutral commitments, to eco-friendly packaging, businesses big and small are keen to get consumers on side and pledge their allegiance to environmental change. But with every step towards a cleaner, greener future, there are companies who want...

Keep Australia Beautiful Week: Take The 7-Day Plastic Pledge

Australia is world renowned for its spectacular natural beauty. We boast picture perfect sunrises between towering limestone stacks along Victoria’s famous coastline, the Great Ocean Road, and stunning desert sunsets behind our sacred sandstone monolith, Uluru in the Northern Territory’s Red Centre. However, behind every picturesque landscape or tourist attraction is...

International Plastic Bag Free Day: Say No To Plastic

Learn everything you need to know about plastic, and how it can harm marine life. Let's save the ocean and the environment by saying no to plastic.

Celebrate World Oceans Day: 7 Things You Can Change from Today!

The ocean is one of Earth's most important natural resources that provide major oxygen and food sources to our planet. It helps regulate the Earth's climate and creates millions of jobs. We need to protect it the best way we can.  On June 8, 2021, the world celebrates World Oceans Day....

The 10 take-away facts to remember from Netflix Seaspiracy

Last Easter, Australia saw one of its biggest rush for ‘cheap seafood’ leading up to festivities. All the while the Netflix documentary Seaspiracy - revealing the impacts of commercial fishing - was trending on the platform as one of its Top 10 most watched programmes. If you haven’t watched it (or...

10 Mind-Blowing Facts About the Great Barrier Reef

What can make a living structure so valuable that over $200 million dollars are spent (per year!) caring for and protecting it? What if that structure is a vast ecosystem, supporting life for over 2,000 different species? That ecosystem, known as the Great Barrier Reef, is a 130,000-mile natural masterpiece. And...

Corals may be wearing nature's best sunscreen

Coral colony fluorescing under UV-light in the Philippines. (Photo credits: pictureboss.com) We humans have lost our natural barriers against harmful UV-rays...Fur, dust and mud use to be our sun-screens. Today, our skin's health depends on the use of protective clothing and creams. Corals on the other hand, had to come up...

How can we give a break to coral reefs this summer?

In my lifetime, our planet has lost about half its coral reefs. From dynamite fishing to coastal pollution, predator invasions and lethal marine heat waves...these ecosystems are retreating everywhere after thriving for millions of years. Today, we know that the chemicals in our sunscreens are an additional source of pollution...