Published: July 02, 2019
A health check of the pristine ecosystem has found warming waters, more crocodiles and a ‘humpback highway’
In the turquoise waters off the Kimberley, where sheer cliffs peer down on isolated beaches, researchers are studying an underwater world – in the hope of saving it.
Formed millions of years ago, the waters off Western Australia’s rugged 12,000km northern-most coastline have remained a scientific mystery. But for the past five years, researchers guided by Indigenous Australians have tackled rutted dirt tracks to study an oceanic highway lying off the Kimberley’s shores.
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