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We all know the Barrier Reef – but Australia also has three other World Heritage reefs, Ningaloo and Shark Bay in Western Australia and Lord Howe Island off the New South Wales coast.
The indirect losses from one heatwave in Western Australia caused A$4.14 billion per year worth of damage.
The health of five World Heritage sites in Australia has worsened, according to a sobering report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
World Heritage globally is threatened by climate change, in all sorts of ways. A new tool identifies the key risks and best strategies for both natural and cultural wonders.
Everyone knows the Great Barrier Reef is in peril. But a continent away, Western Australia’s Shark Bay is also threatened by marine heatwaves that could alter this World Heritage ecosystem forever.
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Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University
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UNESCO Chair on Climate Change Variability of Natural and Cultural Heritage and Professor in Physics, James Cook University
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Associate Professor, School of Biotech & Biomolecular Science, UNSW
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DECRA Research Fellow in molecular ecology, James Cook University
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Research Fellow in Marine Ecology, Marine Biological Association
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Marine Biological Association
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Chief Research Scientist - Environment, CSIRO
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Professorial fellow, James Cook University
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Professor of Marine Botany, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Indigenous language expert, Indigenous Knowledge
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Associate Professor, Research School of Biology, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor, The University of Western Australia