Water of life

A new book “Deep Water” is a hymn to the beauty, mystery and wonder of the ocean. Weaving together science, history and personal experience, it offers vital new ways of understanding not just humanity’s relationship with the planet, but our past – and perhaps most importantly, our future.

Rethinking coastal infrastructure

How much should we be building along global coasts vulnerable to climate change? A new framework by UNSW scientists delivers some much-needed answers.

Australia and France should collaborate on environmental security

A new report outlines the risk to security from environmental threats in the Southern Ocean and the ways in which France and Australia can collaborate to mitigate them.

Our ocean wilderness is rapidly disappearing

An international study led by University of Queensland scientists has found that only 13 per cent of the ocean can still be classified as wilderness, untouched by commercial shipping, sediment runoff and fishing.