Former ranger and now guide, Dean Hiscox of Lord Howe Environmental Tours, is growing a coconut to prove the increased temperatures affecting the island.
With global sea surface temperatures being warmest on record for the past nine months consecutively, there is potential for marine heat stress impacts this summer including in the Lord Howe Island Marine Park. In anticipation, monitoring is underway throughout the Lord Howe Island lagoon to detect signs of disturbance from elevated water temperatures.
