‘Many more’ corals die in Great Barrier Reef bleaching
More corals are dying and others are succumbing to disease and predators after the worst-ever bleaching on Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, scientists said today. A swathe of corals...
NASA Begins Study of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
A NASA airborne mission designed to transform our understanding of Earth’s valuable and ecologically sensitive coral reefs has set up shop in Australia for a two-month investigation of the...
Visitors rush to the Great Barrier Reef to catch it before it’s gone
In a reversal of the normal travel bucket list, tourists are rushing to see the Great Barrier Reef before it dies. Half of the reef’s coral has disappeared in the past three decades due to a...
Reducing Great Barrier Reef pollution to cost ‘doable’ $8.2bn
The full cost of meeting water-quality targets on the Great Barrier Reef is $8.2 billion, about half the amount claimed in draft estimates leaked to the ABC in the days before the federal election....
Australian govt criticised for Great Barrier Reef damage
The Australian government faces massive criticism both home and abroad for slackness on reef protection and the official promotion of fossil fuels usage, as the Great Barrier Reef was found severely...
UN committee may again consider listing Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’
The Great Barrier Reef could be considered again for an “in danger” listing by the United Nations World Heritage Committee following the devastating bleaching this year, the Guardian can reveal. The...
