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One in ten of Australia's sharks and rays are at risk of extinction, and globally shark populations are declining. The biggest reason: people eating them.In this episode, we chat to two shark experts about what we need to do to ensure sharks su
Red Handfish are one of the rarest fish in the world, with only about one hundred individuals left in the wild, living on two tiny reefs in south ast Tasmania.This summer, as a marine heatwave bore down on these critically endangered fish, scie
Sea creatures might seem to lead very strange lives compared to our own. But maybe we're just as weird. In their new book, US writer and journalist Sabrina Imbler fuses science and memoir to compare the lives of sea creatures to their own. High
Marine heatwaves this summer have struck the waters around eastern Australia, particularly around Tasmania, the Sea Country of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community. In this episode we chat to pakana Sea Country Ranger Fiona Maher and Sea Country
Salt. It's one of the things that makes seawater, well, seawater. In this episode, we chat to Dr Neil Malan from the University of New South Wales about why this mineral is so important in the oceans, shaping the way water moves and where ocean
The Great Southern Reef is just as sunique as the Great Barrier Reef, but far fewer people have heard of it. Stretching from southern New South Wales to Western Australia, this special place is home to amazing species like seadragons and giant
The Great Ocean Rescue campaign, organised by OCEAN, the Otway Coastal Environment Network, has been making its way along the Great Ocean Road since 5 January. From Barwon Heads to Portland, campaigners have been raising awareness about huge se
The Great Southern Reef, not to be confused with its tropical cousin, stretches from New South Wales to Western Australia, one of the largest reefs systems in the world. A network of rocky reefs and kelp forests, the reef is home to hundreds of
Scalloped Hammerhead sharks are found all over the world, but very little is known about them. So when researcher Andrea López from the University of Western Australian discovered large schools of Scalloped Hammerheads in a marine park near Per
The Southern Ocean: wild, beautiful, home to amazing wildlife. It also helps fertilise the oceans and regulate the planet's climate. But as the Earth warms and we pump more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, what's happening to this remarkab
The ocean off Victoria's coast has been selected for Australia's first offshore wind farms, which will help displace fossil fuels and reduce Australia's carbon emissions. But some of those areas are already being mined for oil and gas. And coas
The endangered Maugean Skate is a unique species of fish found only on Tasmania's west coast, a relic of an ancient lineage. With it's population crashing in recent years, the Federal Government has announced a plan to breed the skate in captiv
There's lots of news coming from the Great Barrier Reef at the moment, with the UN deciding again not to list the reef as a World Heritage site in danger, and new surveys showing that coral recovery after recent mass bleaching events has stalle
Pygmy Right Whales are Australia's smallest baleen whale, the group that includes the well-known Humpbacks and Southern Right Whales. But unlike their famous cousins, they've been seen so few times that essentially nothing is known about them.
Ocean temperatures are at record highs in many parts of the world and Antarctic sea ice has reached its lowest level ever for winter, when it should be at its maximum extent. Meanwhile a new study warns that hugely important ocean currents in t
Australia is about to embark on an adventure in offshore wind farms, with the first two offshore wind energy zones declared in Bass Strait. While wind energy will play a huge role in reducing Australia's greenhouse gas emissions and combatting
The ocean between Victoria and Tasmania is the latest battleground in the fight to stop new fossil fuel developments. In this episode we chat to to Lisa Deppeler from the Otway Climate Emergency Action Network (OCEAN) about the campaign to stop
Southern Right Whales have arrived in bays along Victoria's coast to have their calves. After being decimated by whaling, these whales are slowly recovering. This week, we chat to Kasey Stamation from the Victorian Governent's Arthur Rylah inst
We need your help to keep bringing you the most important stories about or coasts and oceans. Can you support Out of the Blue by making a donation?In this episode, James shares some of his highlights from the year:activists in Antarctica fighti
If you've been out on Port Phillip Bay and seen a grey dolphin, you might have seen Melbourne's own unique species of dolphin - the Burrunan Dolphin! Only recognised in 2011, Burrunan Dolphins live in Port Phillip Bay, the Gippsland Lakes and w
You've probably noticed krill oil for sale at your local pharmacy. Much of that krill oil, marketed as sustainable, is harvested from Antarctic waters by industrial ships that are increasingly coming into conflict with wildlife. In this episode
Lady Elliot Island is one of the southernmost islands on the Great Barrier Reef. Once degraded by mining for fertiliser, it has since been restored and breeding seabirds have returned. Now researchers are untangling the relationship between the
New research has revealed over 300 species of Australian marine species are declining at a rate that threatens them with extinction - including the Weedy Seadragon. The research, which draws on Australia-wide data collected by the Reef Life Sur
Seaweed is being touted a solution to all sorts of environmental challenges, from feeding people and livestock, and reducing the need to cut down forests, to creating new materials to replace plastics. But how much of the oceans should be farme
Research has revealed that only a third of flake sold in fish and shops in South Australia is actually gummy shark. Other species included four endangered sharks. We speak to Professor Bronwyn Gillanders from the University of Adelaide to find
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