Climate change threatens WA's iconic Shark Bay
WA Today, 14 Oct 2014.
Between December 2010 and April 2011, sea temperatures off the WA coast reached 3C above average, and for two weeks peaked at 5C above average, write researchers from the University of Western Australia and Florida International University in WA Today. The effects were drastic. Corals bleached, and the makeup of the usually temperate south west marine ecosystems shifted to more tropical. Read the full article in WA Today.
Redmap WA members are reporting more warm-water species further south. Just like this red emperor spotted in Geraldton, WA and logged on Redmap by Jon Jarvis.
