MELBOURNE, Australia — The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four decades of record-keeping, Australian authorities say. But due ...

WOLLONGONG, New South Wales, Australia, August 8, 2024 (ENS) – A new 400-year temperature record published today shows the world’s largest coral reef is experiencing catastrophic damage. Warming sea ...

STORY: Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered the largest decline in coral cover in two of its three regions over the last year. That’s according to a new report released by the Australian ...

Inside a bold — and controversial — effort to cool the water around this beloved ecosystem. An Australian research vessel testing a localized form of climate engineering — artificial modification of ...

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Miriam Pfeiffer is in the Department of Geosciences, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany. Massive ‘boulder’ corals can live for centuries, typically forming structures 2–4 metres high, although the ...

Australia’s biggest natural wonder is a huge draw for tourists and fish alike. Here’s everything you need to know about the world’s most famous reef. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest organic ...

Daniela Ceccarelli works for the Australian Institute of Marine Science, a publicly funded research organisation that receives funding from the Australian government, state government departments, ...

The sea surface temperature around the Great Barrier Reef this year is the hottest it has ever been in 400 years, posing huge threats to the coral reef ecosystem in the area. When you purchase through ...