Coral bleaching recorded along WA coast as heat resilient reef projects start up

Coral bleaching recorded along WA coast as heat resilient reef projects start up

Time is ticking for marine scientists at the Ningaloo Reef trying to find heat resilient coral colonies to protect and replicate while reefs bleach around them.

  • byPeter de Kruijff

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Paddler’s snake find a ‘rare and exciting’ piece for Exmouth puzzle

Paddler’s snake find a ‘rare and exciting’ piece for Exmouth puzzle

Exmouth Gulf is considered a sea snake biodiversity hotspot,but researchers have still been amazed by the discovery from a scientist out for a casual paddle.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
‘Smouldering dumpster fire’:Literary giant Tim Winton pokes the oil and gas bear

‘Smouldering dumpster fire’:Literary giant Tim Winton pokes the oil and gas bear

Author and environmentalist Tim Winton has used his closing speech at the Perth Festival’s writers weekend to pillory the oil and gas industry for trying to expand instead of winding down.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Exmouth port developer confident project can go ahead despite new protections,marine park

Exmouth port developer confident project can go ahead despite new protections,marine park

A new marine park,which would be jointly managed with the Nganhurra Thanardi Garrbu Aboriginal Corporation,will also run adjacent to a salt mining proposal by the German chemical company K+S.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Exmouth Gulf needs ‘very high level’ of protection as a priority:environment watchdog

Exmouth Gulf needs ‘very high level’ of protection as a priority:environment watchdog

The findings from a report into the cumulative effects of development on the gulf puts industrial proponents and the state’s environment minister on notice when it comes to managing the region’s natural assets.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
How the future of Ningaloo Reef hinges on a port,a billionaire and an author

How the future of Ningaloo Reef hinges on a port,a billionaire and an author

Tension around development at the entrance to the Pilbara region has existed for decades,but now a bigger clash is looming.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
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Why Exmouth Gulf wasn’t included in Ningaloo’s World Heritage listing
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Why Exmouth Gulf wasn’t included in Ningaloo’s World Heritage listing

It was included in the boundary recommended by the official committee that assessed the area for nomination... so what happened? And what will happen next?

  • byPaul Gamblin
As industry circles and visitors boom,bold campaign launches for WA’s favourite escape

As industry circles and visitors boom,bold campaign launches for WA’s favourite escape

Migrating humpbacks are arriving,ecotourism is spiking,heavy industry is knocking loudly. But that’s only the start of what’s happening at the north-west tourism hub.

  • byEmma Young
‘Black water’:The three Australian sites that are ground zero for climate change

‘Black water’:The three Australian sites that are ground zero for climate change

Over the past 10 years,each Australia’s three most important marine sites has seen a catastrophe. And recent wild weather signals history repeating.

  • byEmma Young
Tim Winton makes rare move to front camera and explore one of WA's best-kept secrets

Tim Winton makes rare move to front camera and explore one of WA's best-kept secrets

It took a 30-year crazy love affair for Winton to put down the pen and front the screen,but the accomplished West Australian writer is ready to share his"labour of love"with the world.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Subsea 7 cans controversial Ningaloo project in ‘victory for common sense’

Subsea 7 cans controversial Ningaloo project in ‘victory for common sense’

Subsea 7 announced on Monday it had taken the decision to “cease investment” in the proposed pipeline facility in Learmonth,south of Exmouth,following a review of market conditions.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola