The fourth “mass bleaching” event is ongoing in the Great Barrier Reef, says Australian Government
The reef is under immense heat stress due to climate change.
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Table corals have an important role to play in reef recovery, but they’re also quite vulnerable
Helping to protect them would go a long way.
Coral taller than the Empire State Building found in the Great Barrier Reef
The newly identified reef could contain many species new to science.
Help NASA save the ocean’s corals by playing a new video game
A citizen science project that aims to help the world's corals.
Sick reefs that sound healthy attract back marine wildlife
Scientists installed underwater speakers in dead or dying coral which played sounds typical of healthy reefs. Wildlife soon flocked back.
How a giant mass of floating volcano rock could help the Great Coral Reef
A giant raft of light rocks is heading towards Australia -- and that's a good thing.
Climate change killed almost 90% of the baby coral in the Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef's future is bleak.
Australia allows 1 million tons of sludge to be spilled into Great Coral Reef
It's one bad news after the other for the coral reef.
Great Coral Reef hit by massive surge of muddy water — visible from satellite
This is just adding more salt to the wound.
Autonomous killer drone aims to save the Great Barrier Reef
Can we please call these things Star Destroyers? Please?
The Great Barrier Reef had 5 near-death experiences so far, but this one might be its last
The Great Barrier Reef may be facing its worse threat yet.
Marine heatwaves smothered the Great Barrier Reef — and it won’t get better
The world's largest coral system is dying, and it's all our fault.
Scientists successfully transplant coral into the devastated Great Barrier Reef
This successful first trial might one day save the reef.
Biologists discover a large blue hole in the Great Barrier Reef thanks to Google Maps
It's incredible what you can discover from your own bedroom these days.
Marine biologist finds gaping blue hole in Great Barrier Reef using Google Maps
He dived into the blue hole himself and inside found striking coral species.
Coral reefs generate $36 billion in tourism every year but we offer little in return
Millions of people enjoy diving around reefs every year.
How household vinegar could help save the Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches 2,000km (1,200 miles) along the coast, is the world’s largest living ecosystem. Yet it's ...
The star(fish) destroying robot is yellow and deadly
Picture this: A city under siege. Many of the outlying buildings are old, dry, lifeless shells of their former beauty ...
The Great Barrier Reef left out of UNESCO “in danger” list, environmental group films turtle-back video to raise awareness of the area’s fragility
The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches 2,000km (1,200 miles) along the coast, is the world's largest living ecosystem. Environmental groups ...
Great Barrier Reef collapses at hand of Australian farmers
The Great Barrier Reef is the the biggest single structure made by living organisms; so vast that it can be seen ...
More than half of the Great Barrier Reef has declined in the past 30 years
(c) David Doubilet According to the most comprehensive study ever carried out on the World Heritage Site, findings have shown that ...
Sadly, cryogenics may be the key to saving the Great Barrier Reef (with video)
Scientists from the United States and Australia have teamed up in a desperate attempt to find new solutions to the ...
Fishing Ban in the large Coral Reef
Reefs are constituted from aragonite structures produced by living organisms, found in shallow, tropical marine waters with little to ...
