| 单词 | Great Barrier Reef |
| 例句 | Ayn said she would scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef until she either ran out of air or got eaten by a great white. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z There was another thing I needed to travel to Queensland, Australia, at the edge of the Great Barrier Reef. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When you are traveling to Cairns, Australia, at the edge of the Great Barrier Reef, to answer a question that no one else has asked, you need quite a bit of money. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Who goes snorkeling anyway because both kids want Mommy there, since Daddy will ignore them because he’s super-jacked to snorkel the hell out of the Great Barrier Reef? Marriage Requires Amnesia 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z In the film, Tower recalls a formative childhood experience that took place on a beach on the Great Barrier Reef, circa 1948. Jeremiah Tower, a Forgotten Father of the American Food Revolution 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Exploring the Great Barrier Reef is just one of the many activities on offer; others include hiking, sailing, and sunbathing on the mile-long stretch of picturesque white-sand beach. One&Only Resorts’ First Australian Property 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z “Without batting an eyelid he said, ‘The Great Barrier Reef ... it’s the place I still think is the most extraordinary place on the planet.’” Great Barrier Reef could be David Attenborough's last 'proper' documentary 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Lizard Island, the most northern resort in Queensland and located on the Great Barrier Reef, was the first stop. The day Donald Sutherland showed me some chess moves 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z The lucky chosen fans snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef, surfed at Bondi Beach and explored the rugged Outback before Tuesday's grand send-off: two star-studded shows taped on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. After Australia tour, Winfrey vacations in Fiji 2010-12-19T13:31:05Z Diving the Great Barrier Reef and seeing the world’s largest living organism has always been my scuba dream. Scuba diving trips around the world: readers’ tips 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Learned to scuba in the Great Barrier Reef. Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland in ?End of the Rainbow? 2012-03-30T15:00:00Z “The mission was to capture ‘reconnaissance data’ in the form of images from across the length of the Great Barrier Reef,” he explains. Post-fire Australia will provide travelers with more opportunities for ‘restorative tourism’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z With some human assistance, animal populations and habitat are rebounding — even the Great Barrier Reef is getting IVF treatments. Post-fire Australia will provide travelers with more opportunities for ‘restorative tourism’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z It’s been a protected area since 1932 as part of the Great Barrier Reef world heritage area and is one of Australia’s largest island national parks. Boots on! Five of the best multi-day hiking trails across Australia 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z It is unspoilt, unlike the Great Barrier Reef. Scuba diving trips around the world: readers’ tips 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z The freshly-renovated Daydream Island Resort, located on Australia’s Whitsunday Islands between Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef, is home to a nearly 700-foot free-form coral reef, a new educational center and an underwater observatory. See the World and Make a Difference on a ‘Citizen Science’ Expedition 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z I was excited to see the Sydney Opera House, the Great Barrier Reef, a kangaroo. Down under, mother and daughter learn to see each other in a different light 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Explore some of the most remote corners of the Great Barrier Reef, including some of its approximately 900 islands and 3,000 reefs. Miss the sea? These documentaries about the ocean go beneath the surface. 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Iain McCalman, a historian at the University of Sydney, has written a masterly biography of the Great Barrier Reef through 12 stories like these. A world in water 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z "Viewers will see the Great Barrier Reef as we've never seen it before," she added. Attenborough returns to Reef 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z In Australia’s Tropical North Queensland, tourists can help with research and monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef through the Eye on the Reef program. Locals are working to restore coral reefs in beloved travel destinations. You can help. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z I am a very experienced scuba diver and although Dry Tortuga does not compare with the Red Sea or the Great Barrier Reef - it is well worth diving. West of Key West, an Under-the-Radar National Park 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Thankfully, this was almost as unrepresentative a preparation for my adult life as if I'd spent it bungy jumping over the Great Barrier Reef. Gap-year travel won't broaden the mind ? it just turns the young into fantasists 2011-01-09T00:05:35Z The Queensland Coordinator-General approved the environmental design of Aquis, with the state finding the proposed project posed no unacceptable risk to the Great Barrier Reef, one of Australia's main tourist destinations. Chinese billionaire gets first regulatory approval for Australia casino 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z It is being funded by national and local government, and corporate partners including James Cook University, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, in association with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Museum of underwater art to open on Australia's Great Barrier Reef 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Pictures and video do not convey the awe the Grand Canyon does to one’s soul at sunset, nor the serene calm when watching a sunrise over the Great Barrier Reef. 'You can't see the Empire State Building from the top': readers on overrated tourist sights 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z If you tell people the Great Barrier Reef is going to die because of climate change, people are just going to curl up in a ball and do nothing. "Take yourself to the ocean": "Blueback" star Radha Mitchell on how to care about the environment 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z She spent her early career studying Ambon damselfish at the Great Barrier Reef. Do Plants Have Something to Say? 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z The final piece takes the reader to the Great Barrier Reef and a scuba-diving holiday. The art of looking 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z A marine biologist-turned-science writer describes coming face-to-shell with a giant clam on the Great Barrier Reef, enjoying a bag of smoked oysters in Gambia and meeting a sea-silk seamstress in Italy. Shelf life 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z As well as Sydney, the show is also set to include a scene filmed at the Great Barrier Reef. Modern Family star groped by fan 2014-02-21T08:01:47Z Then you'll find yourself in an oasis of beauty and solitude, in a hotel located in the Daintree Rainforest and right by the Great Barrier Reef. The World's Most Remote Hotels 2010-09-20T16:00:00Z Near the Great Barrier Reef, for example, a stay at Heron Island Resort comes at much lower prices, compared with other hotels nearby. How to Have a Luxurious Vacation in Australia for Less 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z He is also due to front a 3D film about the Great Barrier Reef. New Attenborough films announced 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Likewise, Australia's Great Barrier Reef, one of the world's great snorkeling spots, lies 12 to 50 miles offshore. 2010-02-16T21:00:00Z “It’s evolving to be an extremely scalable approach not just on the Great Barrier Reef, but on reefs around the world,” he says. Post-fire Australia will provide travelers with more opportunities for ‘restorative tourism’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Irwin, who was watched by audiences around the world in his popular television programs, died in 2006 after a stingray’s serrated barb pierced his heart while filming off Australia’s northern Great Barrier Reef. 'Crocodile hunter' Steve Irwin's family launch new show 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Then I arrived at a Great Barrier Reef of illuminated manuscripts. Looking for St. Francis 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Even on the Great Barrier Reef, nature finds a way. Post-fire Australia will provide travelers with more opportunities for ‘restorative tourism’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z More than two million people visit the Great Barrier Reef each year. Museum of underwater art to open on Australia's Great Barrier Reef 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z From massive bat die-offs in the Northeast to the degradation of the Great Barrier Reef, “The Sixth Extinction” sounds a drumroll of alarm. Q&A: Elizabeth Kolbert, author of ‘The Sixth Extinction’ 2014-02-14T22:07:21Z Those spots sometimes constitute the most sought-after destinations for global travel: the Great Wall of China, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru. Unesco World Heritage Sites 2017 Picks Range from Eritrea to England 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z They are scheduled to shoot scenes for a special holiday episode in Sydney, Hayman Island and the Great Barrier Reef. Australian police make arrest after alleged assault on Modern Family star 2014-02-21T00:05:17Z With Down Under Answers, save more than 20 percent on an activities-filled package on Hamilton Island, near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The week’s best travel deals from around the globe 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Eifert enjoyed the lush backyard with parrots, cockatoos and kookaburras and snorkeling nearby in the Great Barrier Reef, and a few days later they joined Mr. Davies-Griffith’s parents in Sydney. Fireworks on the Fourth? Try a Pair of Proposals 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z At noon, join museum experts for Field Trip Earth, a live round-the-world journey that uses interactive data-visualization software to provide views of sites like the Himalayas and the Great Barrier Reef from space. Earth Day’s Gone Digital. Here’s Where to Find It. 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z “What a relief that the Great Barrier Reef has a restaurant and hotel!” one woman sings. A Climate Opera Arrives in New York, With 21 Tons of Sand 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z From our couches, we can expand our understanding of the ocean, plunging into waters from the Great Barrier Reef to the Mariana Trench. Miss the sea? These documentaries about the ocean go beneath the surface. 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z HAMBY: If there’s a big, exciting thing we know we want to do, like snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef, we’ll ask the hotel to recommend a company and book that in advance, too. It’s Never Too Late to Travel the World With Your Best Friend 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Andy Ridley, CEO of Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef, says that at the end of 2020 — the beginning of the Australian summer — teams carried out the world’s first Great Reef Census. Post-fire Australia will provide travelers with more opportunities for ‘restorative tourism’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z There was the added bonus of spending a couple of months on the Great Barrier Reef and in the rainforests of northern Australia. ‘Marlon Brando was my idol but he turned into a monster. He sabotaged my film’ 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Some scientists believe that the coral reefs and fish life here actually surpass numbers found in the much larger Great Barrier Reef in Australia. New Natural Wonders 2010-10-29T16:00:00Z Highlights and high points: My favorite experience was snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef and seeing thousands of colorful fish swimming all around me. This family of four braved a 15-hour flight for an unforgettable Australian trip. 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Rose Byrne narrates baby Puff's escapades as he tries to find his place within the convoluted world of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. From President Meryl Streep to an adorable pufferfish, here's what's new on Netflix this December 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z This week he narrated “Planet Earth: Blue Planet II”; now, he appears onscreen to explore the Great Barrier Reef off Australia. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Waco’ and ‘The Goldbergs’ 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef was incredible in the literal sense. Q&A: Elizabeth Kolbert, author of ‘The Sixth Extinction’ 2014-02-14T22:07:21Z Well-intentioned tourists aren’t going to slow global warming or bring the Great Barrier Reef back from the brink. Post-fire Australia will provide travelers with more opportunities for ‘restorative tourism’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z A massive coral bleaching event fueled by the warming ocean further threatened the already fragile Great Barrier Reef. Post-fire Australia will provide travelers with more opportunities for ‘restorative tourism’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z With scientists and explorers at his side, the actor visits natural wonders including an Icelandic glacier, erupting volcano and a Great Barrier Reef island that holds a special allure for sharks and turtles. New this week: ‘Sex and the City,’ Juice Wrld and Will Smith 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Who books the flights and the ferries and researches the eco-friendly island retreat on the Great Barrier Reef? Marriage Requires Amnesia 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Over on the Great Barrier Reef, experienced divers can join Passions of Paradise’s weekly eco-tour and collect data about reef health and coral gardening efforts. Post-fire Australia will provide travelers with more opportunities for ‘restorative tourism’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z In the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia, hundreds of females are born for every male. Endangered turtle population under threat as pollution may lead to excess of females being born 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z This differs from previous studies on Great Barrier Reef corals which found that naturally heat tolerant symbionts could enhance heat resistance in adult corals, but at a cost to its growth. Adult coral can handle more heat and keep growing thanks to heat-evolved symbionts 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z It focuses on two cautionary tales; around the plights of the Caribbean flamingos on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, and the similarly endangered green turtles of Raine Island on the Great Barrier Reef. Planet Earth III magnificent but horrifying, say reviewers 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Scientists using natural tracers off Queensland's coast have discovered the source of previously unquantified nitrogen and phosphorus having a profound environmental impact on the Great Barrier Reef. Discovery of invisible nutrient discharge on Great Barrier Reef raises concerns 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Australia has been plagued by a series of disasters in recent years - severe drought and historic bushfires, successive years of record-breaking floods, and six mass bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef. Australian towns battle fire and flood back-to-back 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z A green sea turtle glides through the Great Barrier Reef off the northeastern coast of Australia. Declining biodiversity 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority said on Friday that the reef is showing signs of serious bleaching in places. Serious Coral Bleaching Hits Great Barrier Reef Again 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Australia has faced many climate challenges in recent years, from bushfires and flooding to damage to the Great Barrier Reef. 2022 Earthshot Prize Winners Announced 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z There’s new hope for corals in areas of the Great Barrier Reef damaged by warmer waters caused by climate change. Lively Coral Reef Discovered Deep in Galapagos Waters 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z In February, Australia for the first time rejected a coal mining application based on environmental law, with the new government citing the open-pit mine’s potential harm to the nearby Great Barrier Reef. Australia welcomes lifting of UNESCO threat to list Great Barrier Reef as World Heritage in danger 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Australian government scientists say 91% of the Great Barrier Reef coral surveyed this year was bleached in the fourth mass event in seven years. Florida's coral is in hot water. Scientists are diving in to rescue the fragile creatures before it's too late 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef in the Pacific Ocean is the largest coral reef in the world. Serious Coral Bleaching Hits Great Barrier Reef Again 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The helicopter crashed during a nighttime exercise with the United States and other nations near the Whitsunday Islands on the Great Barrier Reef. 4 crew members on Australian army helicopter that crashed off coast didn’t survive, officials say 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z The group in charge of caring for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reports that the reef appears to be going through another widespread coral “bleaching” event. Lively Coral Reef Discovered Deep in Galapagos Waters 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z The MRH-90 Taipan helicopter went down near Hamilton Island, a Great Barrier Reef tourist resort, at about 10:30 p.m. 4 air crew members are missing after an Australian army helicopter ditched off the Queensland coast 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z And nearly a third of the corals on Australia's Great Barrier Reef died. Explainer: How El Nino could impact the world's weather in 2023-24 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Scientists mapping the bottom of the sea around Australia have discovered an underwater coral tower near the Great Barrier Reef that’s taller than New York’s Empire State Building. Serious Coral Bleaching Hits Great Barrier Reef Again 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Redford would like Western Australia’s big dark sky to become a sought-after tourism asset, like the Great Barrier Reef or Antarctica’s ice caps. The Biggest, Darkest Sky in Australia 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Temperature readings for oceans around the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and at islands from Fiji to Hawaii were sky-high—hotter, in many cases, than ever before recorded. El Niño, facts and information 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Some of Australia’s top tourism destinations, including the Great Barrier Reef and the Gold Coast, are in Queensland state and will offer backdrops for Olympic events. Brisbane Olympics leader marks 1 year in long run up to 2032 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Globally, the sites on the list overseen by the agency of the United Nations, include Australia's Great Barrier Reef and historic areas of Cairo. Unesco world heritage status: Seven sites win UK backing 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z The group in charge of caring for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reports that the reef is going through its third “bleaching” event in five years. Serious Coral Bleaching Hits Great Barrier Reef Again 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z From the tips of the Himalayas to the depths of the Great Barrier Reef, you will always run into someone from the Buckeye State. An illustrated encyclopedia of people you meet on vacation El Niño's return could further strain sensitive ecosystems, like the Great Barrier Reef and the Amazon rainforest, and nudge the planet closer to worrisome tipping points. A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z And she said she has been scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, in the Galapagos in Ecuador, in the Caribbean, and elsewhere in the world. Jane Fonda campaigns to save ‘our brethren in the ocean’ 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z “Humpback whale song is loud and travels far in the ocean,” said marine biologist Rebecca Dunlop, who has studied humpback whales that breed near the Great Barrier Reef for more than two decades. Lonely tunes: Humpback whales wail less as population grows 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef - the world's largest coral reef system - has suffered four mass bleachings in the past six years due to rising sea temperatures and its outlook is "very poor", authorities say. Australia blocks coal mine to protect Great Barrier Reef 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z And in Australia, environmental activists for years protested against Adani's Carmichael coal mine project in Queensland on concerns of carbon emissions and damage to the Great Barrier Reef. India's Gautam Adani: Asia's richest man in the eye of a storm 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z If El Niño appears again, "that would ratchet up concerns, especially for another bleaching event across the Great Barrier Reef," Di Liberto said. A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef has suffered four bleaching events in the last seven years including the first ever bleach during a La Nina phenomenon, which typically brings cooler temperatures. Scientists freeze Great Barrier Reef coral in world-first trial 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z In 2014, Caldeira and colleagues added sodium hydroxide—also known as lye and an ingredient in many soaps and detergents—to a part of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Ocean geoengineering scheme aces its first field test 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Protecting narrow slices of land and sea such as Australia's Great Barrier Reef or the Andes mountains, can offer far more reward than protecting large swathes of prairie, for example. Analysis: Protecting 30% of the planet to save nature is not as simple as it sounds 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z In 2019 and 2020, I and a team of Australian scientists used the Schmidt Ocean Institute's remotely operated vehicle — a submarine named SuBastian — to explore the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Scientists discover five new species of black corals near the Great Barrier Reef 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z A U.N.-backed mission said the Great Barrier Reef should be placed on a list of World Heritage sites in danger. Your Wednesday Briefing: The U.S. Beats Iran 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Trials are continuing with larger varieties of Great Barrier Reef coral. Scientists freeze Great Barrier Reef coral in world-first trial 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z There, activists concerned about carbon emissions and damage to the Great Barrier Reef forced Adani to downsize production targets and delayed the first shipment from the mine by years. Police in India's Kerala step up security after clashes over Adani port 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Under threat from climate change, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia should be placed on a list of World Heritage sites in danger, according to a new U.N.-backed report. Your Tuesday Briefing 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z In future expeditions, my colleagues and I plan to return to other deep reefs in the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea to continue to learn more about and better protect these habitats. Scientists discover five new species of black corals near the Great Barrier Reef 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z “If the Great Barrier Reef is in danger, then every coral reef in the world is in danger,” Plibersek said. Australia argues against ‘endangered’ Barrier Reef status 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z There, activists concerned about carbon emissions and damage to the Great Barrier Reef forced Adani to downsize production targets and delayed the mine's first coal shipment by six years. Indian tycoon Adani's mega port hangs in the balance as a fishing community protests 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z "We're seeing mass coral bleaching events more often, and this year, for the first time, we've seen a mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef during a La Nina year." Longer Australian bushfire seasons, more wild weather seen as climate warms - report 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef, battered but not broken by climate change impacts, is inspiring hope and worry alike as researchers race to understand how it can survive a warming world. Scientists try to bolster Great Barrier Reef in warmer world 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Some of the world’s most iconic ecosystems, from the Great Barrier Reef to the mighty Amazon rainforest, are facing irrevocable transformations. The World Will Likely Miss 1.5 Degrees C—Why Isn’t Anyone Saying So? 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef accounts for around 10% of the world’s coral reef ecosystems. Australia argues against ‘endangered’ Barrier Reef status 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Australia's Great Barrier Reef and kelp forests will hit a hard adaptation limit beyond 1.5C, undergoing irreversible changes due to marine heatwaves. Explainer: COP27: How climate change impacts countries around the world 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z A friend in Australia sent it to me in 2014, when I had just returned from a trip to the Great Barrier Reef. Beware of using vinegar against jellyfish stings 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Underwater heat waves and cyclones driven in part by runaway greenhouse gas emissions have devastated some of the 3,000 coral reefs making up the Great Barrier Reef. Scientists try to bolster Great Barrier Reef in warmer world 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The leader of the Greens, Adam Bandt, has argued that the government’s lower target will lead to the demise of the Great Barrier Reef, which is expected to continue struggling under current warming trends. Your Friday Briefing: Russia Sentences Brittney Griner to 9 Years 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Australian government scientists reported in May that more than 90% of Great Barrier Reef coral surveyed in the latest year was bleached, in the fourth such mass event in seven years. Australia argues against ‘endangered’ Barrier Reef status 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z UNESCO, the U.N. cultural organization, is considering downgrading the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status mainly because rising ocean temperatures are killing coral. Australia to protect Barrier Reef by banning coal mine 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Coral has recovered from storms and bleaching events to record levels across much of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, a survey has found. Great Barrier Reef sees record coral cover, but it is highly vulnerable 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The new government has blocked a coal plant from being opened near the Great Barrier Reef, yet recently allowed other coal plants new permits. Scientists try to bolster Great Barrier Reef in warmer world 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Coral reefs can be seen from above on the Great Barrier Reef, located off the coast of Queensland, near the town of Rockhampton, in Australia, November 15, 2018. Parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef show highest coral cover in 36 years 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Maybe one day you'll put on your virtual-reality goggles, connect with an online adventure company and rent a video-equipped remote vehicle that explores the Great Barrier Reef from above for several hours at your direction. Exploration Is Fundamental to Human Success 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z The report said that climate change continues to warm and acidify the ocean, and several marine heat waves on the Great Barrier Reef, along the country’s northeast coast, were accompanied by significant coral bleaching events. ‘Crisis and Decline’: Report Paints a Bleak Assessment of Australia’s Environment 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z "In our 36 years of monitoring the condition of the Great Barrier Reef we have not seen bleaching events so close together," said chief executive Paul Hardisty. Great Barrier Reef sees record coral cover, but it is highly vulnerable 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The Italy-sized reef is managed like a national park by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Scientists try to bolster Great Barrier Reef in warmer world 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Many of the country's most prized ecosystems, such as the Great Barrier Reef which has been hit by mass coral bleaching, are threatened by climate change and environmental extremes, the report said. Australia faces dire environmental risks - government report 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef is a well-known reef system located several miles off the northeastern coast of Australia. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Coral bleaching has struck many reefs around the world, including Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which was hit by four mass bleaching events in the past seven years. Australian scientists develop model to spot soft corals most at risk of bleaching 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef has been World Heritage-listed for 40 years due to its "enormous scientific and intrinsic importance" as one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. Great Barrier Reef sees record coral cover, but it is highly vulnerable 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef also just experienced its sixth year of bleaching — disturbingly, the first during a La Niña climate pattern, when cooler temperatures typically prevent overheating. Australia’s ‘Climate Election’ Finally Arrived. Will It Be Enough? 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z In recent years the country has suffered severe drought, historic bushfires and mass bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef. Queensland floods: Residents evacuate as Australia faces new emergency 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z More than 90 percent of Great Barrier Reef coral surveyed this year was bleached in the fourth such mass event in seven years in the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem, Australian government scientists said. Almost all of Great Barrier Reef coral in Australia is bleached 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z In recent years, Australia has suffered severe drought, historic bushfires, successive years of record-breaking floods, and six mass bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef. Australia election 2022: What will the vote mean for climate policies? 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which manages the reef, says the outlook for the icon is "very poor" due to climate change. Great Barrier Reef sees record coral cover, but it is highly vulnerable 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z From Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, you’ll see footage of bright corals losing their color under the stress of warmer waters. What you’re seeing in Google’s Earth Day Doodle 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Warm ocean temperatures have again caused mass bleaching of coral that makes up the famed Great Barrier Reef, for the fourth time since 2016. News at a glance: Stan the T. Rex’s new home, China’s ethics reviews, and bleaching reefs 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z This is the reef’s first bleaching event during a La Niña weather pattern, which is associated with cooler Pacific Ocean temperatures, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority said in its annual report released Tuesday. Almost all of Great Barrier Reef coral in Australia is bleached 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its sixth massive bleaching event as climate change has warmed the ocean, raising concerns over whether one of the world’s natural wonders is nearing a tipping point. Climate warming has dealt yet another blow to the Great Barrier Reef 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Australia's Great Barrier Reef is being devastated by another mass bleaching event, officials have confirmed. Great Barrier Reef: Australia confirms new mass bleaching event 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z GIF: Google / The Ocean Agency A sixth mass bleaching event struck the Great Barrier Reef this year, according to the marine park’s authority in March. What you’re seeing in Google’s Earth Day Doodle 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The damage is occurring in many locations along its 2000-kilometer length, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority said last week. News at a glance: Stan the T. Rex’s new home, China’s ethics reviews, and bleaching reefs 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef accounts for around 10 percent of the world’s coral reef ecosystems and was named because of the extensive hazards it posed to 18th-century sailors. Almost all of Great Barrier Reef coral in Australia is bleached 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z “The pace at which bleaching events are now occurring on the Reef is a matter of huge concern,” Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Foundation said in a statement. Climate warming has dealt yet another blow to the Great Barrier Reef 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z The declaration was made by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority which has been conducting aerial surveys. Great Barrier Reef: Australia confirms new mass bleaching event 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z While millions of humans experience food insecurity or starvation in Africa, those warming ocean temperatures are also threatening the largest living structure on the planet, Australia’s 1,400-mile-long Great Barrier Reef. California drought, Australia floods: Two sides of La Niña amplified by climate change 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z This once-vibrant site on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef — a site she’d previously likened to a busy capital city — had become a ghost town, the victim of yet another mass bleaching event. ‘Crisis’: Climate panel flags Great Barrier Reef devastation 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z What happened off Lizard Island in the Great Barrier Reef is an example. Sounds of a healthy ocean can bring degraded marine ecosystems back to life 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef is made up of 3,000 reefs that support thousands of species of marine plants and animals. Climate warming has dealt yet another blow to the Great Barrier Reef 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Following the hottest December on record over the Great Barrier Reef, U.S. government scientists predict the world's largest coral reef system could experience a mass coral bleaching event later in the southern hemisphere's summer. Scientists believe the Great Barrier Reef is about to suffer another mass bleaching 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Another AU$253 million will support the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which manages the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem, in efforts to reduce threats from the crown-of-thorns starfish and to prevent illegal fishing. Australia pledges $704 million to save Great Barrier Reef 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z And rising sea levels and storm surges led to the recent extinction of a rodent species called Bramble Cay melomys, which lived on a remote cay in the northern Great Barrier Reef, the report said. ‘Crisis’: Climate panel flags Great Barrier Reef devastation 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z It’s much more useful than sight since water often obscures anything at a distance, as researchers such as Simpson quickly learned while traversing the Great Barrier Reef. Sounds of a healthy ocean can bring degraded marine ecosystems back to life 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z John “Charlie” Veron, a renowned expert who has dived the Great Barrier Reef for 45 years and is known as “The Godfather of Coral,” is now predicting their extinction. Climate warming has dealt yet another blow to the Great Barrier Reef 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z One of the key findings of the report is that the minimum sea surface temperatures over the Great Barrier Reef from Nov. 16 to Dec. 14 were overwhelmingly warmer than any on record. Scientists believe the Great Barrier Reef is about to suffer another mass bleaching 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z “You cannot be serious about supporting the Great Barrier Reef if you are not serious about action on climate change. Scott Morrison is not,” Marles said. Australia pledges $704 million to save Great Barrier Reef 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on the planet — so large, in fact, that it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. ‘Crisis’: Climate panel flags Great Barrier Reef devastation 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z "Currently areas of the Great Barrier Reef are on high alert for a major bleaching event, which is unprecedented during the La Nina weather pattern," it said in a statement. Great Barrier Reef: Australia pledges A$1bn but draws renewed climate criticism 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Van Oppen and her colleagues have already put some corals with modified symbiotic algae back on the Great Barrier Reef. Darwin in a lab: Coral evolution tweaked for global warming 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z There is bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef right now, but it is currently limited to the far northern part, a relatively small portion of the reef according to Dr. Manzella. Scientists believe the Great Barrier Reef is about to suffer another mass bleaching 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, for example, spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year on education, monitoring, and enforcement. A provocative proposal: sell fishing rights in protected seas to prevent poaching 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef has in the past been damaged by rising water temperatures that triggered coral bleaching so severe that it alarmed scientists. Photos show vast coral spawning event in Great Barrier Reef, giving divers hope for climate change recovery 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z "If we can hold global warming to 1.5 degrees global average warming then I think we'll still have a vibrant Great Barrier Reef," he said. Australia's Great Barrier Reef will survive if warming kept to 1.5 degrees 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef may be bleaching from the heat and acidity caused by climate change; towns and families burned out by the Black Summer fires of 2019 and 2020 have yet to fully recover. In Australia, It’s ‘Long Live King Coal’ 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z In a Jan. 28 update, Chief Scientist of the Great Barrier Reef Park Authority Dr. David Wachenfeld coral bleaching across the park has been limited. Scientists believe the Great Barrier Reef is about to suffer another mass bleaching 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef in Australia, for example, has already lost half of its corals since 1995 due to warmer seas driven by climate change. What is climate change? A really simple guide 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z That’s a main takeaway from the coral spawning event for Phillips, who worries that people may get the impression it is too late to save the Great Barrier Reef. Photos show vast coral spawning event in Great Barrier Reef, giving divers hope for climate change recovery 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z "Even the most remote, most pristine parts of the Great Barrier Reef have now bleached severely at least once," Hughes said. Australia's Great Barrier Reef will survive if warming kept to 1.5 degrees 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Entsch, who is Australia’s special envoy for the Great Barrier Reef, said he had sensed “hostility” over his country’s climate stance from 15 ambassadors who visited the reef earlier this year. Australia, a climate laggard, leans toward 2050 net-zero target as election looms 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z A coral the size of a carousel is the widest known in the Great Barrier Reef. In Great Barrier Reef, a giant coral has survived many hardships for centuries, offering hope for future 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z It was while seeing the dead corals of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia that she decided to do something about damage to the environment. Green jobs: The new generation of workers making it work for them 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z The barb of a stingray pierced his heart while he was filming a documentary at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Bindi Irwin says her father Steve Irwin is his granddaughter’s ‘guardian angel’ 15 years after his death 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z "The government is still issuing permits for new coal mines and for new methane gas deals and it's simply irresponsible in terms of Australia's responsibilities to the Great Barrier Reef," he said. Australia's Great Barrier Reef will survive if warming kept to 1.5 degrees 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z “With fires, with bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef, with extreme heat, with sea level rise, with much of our population and infrastructure on the coast, we’re right in the firing line,” he said. Australia, a climate laggard, leans toward 2050 net-zero target as election looms 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z In addition to its record-setting width, Muga dhambi stands more than 16 feet tall, making it the sixth tallest coral in the Great Barrier Reef, researchers reported recently in Scientific Reports. In Great Barrier Reef, a giant coral has survived many hardships for centuries, offering hope for future 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z There are 1,121 historical significant sites in 167 countries across the world that been inscribed on the list, including Egypt's Pyramids, India's Taj Mahal and Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Unesco: UK area bids to join Pyramids & Taj Mahal on World Heritage list 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Why is the Great Barrier Reef in trouble? Unesco adds Madrid's Paseo del Prado and Retiro Park to heritage list 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z We saw damage almost everywhere, from the Bahamas to the Great Barrier Reef. Coral reef scientists raise alarm as climate change decimates vital ocean ecosystems 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z But scientists warn the Great Barrier Reef is on the brink of breaking down. Why is the Great Barrier Reef in trouble? A simple guide 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Many of the recent stories about corals in the Great Barrier Reef read like obituaries, Cook says. In Great Barrier Reef, a giant coral has survived many hardships for centuries, offering hope for future 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z “The science remains clear: climate change is accelerating and is the single, greatest threat to the Great Barrier Reef.” Great Barrier Reef escapes ‘in danger’ listing after intense Australian lobby 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z “It’s the wake-up call that we need to cut our emissions and commit to net zero. It’s the wake-up call that we need to really put that spotlight on the Great Barrier Reef.” Australia avoids UNESCO downgrade of Great Barrier Reef 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Most tourists, international or domestic, are already well aware of the pressures facing the Great Barrier Reef, but they are still keen to see it. Australia’s Criticisms of Proposal to List Great Barrier Reef as ‘in Danger’ Don’t Stack Up 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z He passed away at the age of 44 while filming a documentary in the Great Barrier Reef, where a stingray’s barb hit him in the chest. Bindi Irwin takes baby Grace to meet kangaroos: 'Our human joey' 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z “Business-as-usual managing of the Great Barrier Reef is not stuff to stop its ongoing decline,” said Terry Hughes, a professor at the ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. U.N. Says Great Barrier Reef Is ‘in Danger.’ Australia Bitterly Disagrees. 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef has been hit hard by rising temperatures in recent years. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be listed as ‘in danger,’ U.N. body says 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef should be put on a list of World Heritage Sites that are "in danger" over harm caused by climate change, Unesco says. Great Barrier Reef should be listed as 'in danger', Unesco says 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most obvious examples of the costs of inaction on anthropogenic climate change. Australia’s Criticisms of Proposal to List Great Barrier Reef as ‘in Danger’ Don’t Stack Up 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z "From chefs, waiters and bartenders through to tour guides and deckhands on the Great Barrier Reef, there are plenty of great jobs up for grabs," Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said in launching the program. From Jersey Shore to Great Barrier Reef, businesses ask: Where’s the help? 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z This piece alludes to the environmentally threatened Great Barrier Reef, a particular concern for the Massachusetts artist, who was born in Australia. At the Renwick Gallery, four artists conjure Mother Nature out of fabric, metal, glass and paper 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Warming has killed half the coral on the Great Barrier Reef, study finds. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be listed as ‘in danger,’ U.N. body says 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef, for example, receives about 32 million tons of scrubber effluent per year because it's near a major shipping route for coal. Shipping rule cleans the air but dirties the water 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z For example, in 2011 the World Heritage Committee expressed “extreme concern” over the approval for liquefied natural gas facilities on Curtis Island within the boundary of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area. Australia’s Criticisms of Proposal to List Great Barrier Reef as ‘in Danger’ Don’t Stack Up 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z JCU’s website boasts “a unique tropical learning environment with research stations, state-of-the-art laboratories and the Great Barrier Reef right on our doorstep.” Does ocean acidification alter fish behavior? Fraud allegations create a sea of doubt 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z In 2019, an Australian government report downgraded the outlook of The Great Barrier Reef from "poor" to "very poor" as a result of climate change. Then and now: Rising temperatures threaten corals 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Warming has killed half the coral on the Great Barrier Reef, study finds. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be listed as ‘in danger,’ U.N. body says 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z When you think of Unesco heritage status, Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal or the Great Barrier Reef may spring to mind. France seeks Unesco heritage status for the baguette 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, in South Africa, returning rains are welcomed by nesting birds, and in Australia, warming waters trigger the annual coral spawning in the magnificent Great Barrier Reef. What's on TV Saturday, plus Sunday Talk: 'It Was Always You' 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z CJ becomes convinced his male anatomy will explode at the Great Barrier Reef and Sophie really does come close to failing sophomore year. Review: A family travel memoir makes a timely pitch for personal risk 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Considered part of the Great Barrier Reef, it is the first detached reef structure discovered there in 120 years. In Case You Missed It 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z “The science behind the modeling shows the threat to the Great Barrier Reef is real and has been intensifying since the 1980s as global temperatures increased.” Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be listed as ‘in danger,’ U.N. body says 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z After three recent mass bleaching events, the future of Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in the balance - with a senior scientist saying that it's "calling for urgent help". Can mapping the Great Barrier Reef help it survive? 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Many of the deep-sea habitats harbor an incredible diversity of life, even comparable to that of the Great Barrier Reef. The oceans contain vast mineral resources. Can the deep sea be mined without catastrophic results? 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Viewed from afar, the Great Barrier Reef seems like a single giant structure of coral outcroppings. A Pinnacle of Coral Is Discovered in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Last year, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, in its five-yearly reef health report, downgraded the outlook for the world’s biggest reef system to “very poor”. 'We don't have time to lose': plans for coral ark to help save the world's reefs 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Scientists on a 12-month mission found the structure, detached from the Great Barrier Reef off Cape York, last week. Great Barrier Reef: Scientists find reef taller than Empire State Building 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z A man is in a critical condition after being attacked by a shark at the Great Barrier Reef. Man in critical condition after shark attack on Great Barrier Reef north of Townsville 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z In August 2019, the government agency that manages Australia's Great Barrier Reef downgraded its outlook for the corals' condition from "poor" to "very poor" due to warming oceans. Climate change is responsible for half of the Great Barrier Reef being lost, study warns 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Entsch is a special envoy to the Great Barrier Reef, off Queensland. How Coal-Loving Australia Became the Leader in Rooftop Solar 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef has seen three major outbreaks of coral bleaching in the past five years – events driven by climate heating that can kill and weaken corals and severely disturb the ecosystem. Unsustainable fishing worsens threats to Great Barrier Reef 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z "This powerful combination of mapping data and underwater imagery will be used to understand this new reef and its role within the incredible Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area." Great Barrier Reef: Scientists find reef taller than Empire State Building 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Australian officials plan to redouble their efforts to save the Great Barrier Reef from the effects of global warming. Australia Floats Plan to Better Protect Great Barrier Reef 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Coral reefs, and in particular, the Great Barrier Reef, are home to a diverse number of species and are considered some of the most vibrant ecosystems anywhere on Earth. Climate change is responsible for half of the Great Barrier Reef being lost, study warns 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z A devastating 89% of new corals in the Great Barrier Reef collapsed after mass bleaching caused by the climate emergency. First Thing: how the NRA shot itself in the foot 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority quietly published its first broad position statement on fishing in late August, laying out a series of issues. Unsustainable fishing worsens threats to Great Barrier Reef 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef, is home to more than 1,500 species of fish, 411 species of hard corals and dozens of other species. Great Barrier Reef: Scientists find reef taller than Empire State Building 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef is a major tourist draw that creates more than 64,000 jobs for the state of Queensland and about $4.6 billion in annual economic benefit, according to the Australian government. Australia Floats Plan to Better Protect Great Barrier Reef 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The research shows that the Great Barrier Reef's size is no longer able to protect it from the ravages of warmer ocean temperatures, the experts said. Climate change is responsible for half of the Great Barrier Reef being lost, study warns 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z They’ve altered fisheries and killed seabirds in the North Pacific and Bering Sea, and damaged or killed parts of the Great Barrier Reef, a World Heritage site. Hot ocean waters along East Coast are drawing in ‘weird’ fish and supercharging hurricane season 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Under-regulated fishing along the Great Barrier Reef is putting the world’s biggest coral reef system at further risk as it deals with repeated mass bleaching events, the Australia government’s marine park authority has found. Unsustainable fishing worsens threats to Great Barrier Reef 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z While the reef is bedded to the ocean floor off North Queensland, it is detached, meaning it is not part of the main body of the Great Barrier Reef. Great Barrier Reef: Scientists find reef taller than Empire State Building 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z The draft “Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan” points to climate change as the single greatest threat to the future of the Great Barrier Reef. Australia Floats Plan to Better Protect Great Barrier Reef 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z “On the Great Barrier Reef, after a couple of weeks of that they’d start dying.” Heat-resistant corals offer hope as climate crisis warms up oceans 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z In April, a shark attacked and killed a 23-year-old Queensland ranger on the Great Barrier Reef. Teenage surfer killed by shark in Australia 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z The Coral Sea lies northeast of Australia, adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, and includes a vast protected zone known as the Coral Sea Marine Park. The Great Wonders Beyond the Great Reef 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Researchers are expected to continue surveying the northern Great Barrier Reef until 17 November. Great Barrier Reef: Scientists find reef taller than Empire State Building 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z And it recommends involving Aboriginal communities more in Great Barrier Reef management. Australia Floats Plan to Better Protect Great Barrier Reef 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Australian scientists determined that there were about 64,000 green turtles waiting to lay eggs on Raine Island — a vegetated coral cay on the outer edges of the Great Barrier Reef — significantly more than thought. World’s largest turtle colony nearly twice as big as thought 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Australian scientists determined that there were about 64,000 green turtles waiting to lay eggs on Raine Island - a vegetated coral cay on the outer edges of the Great Barrier Reef - significantly more than thought. World's largest green turtle colony nearly twice as big as thought 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z In April, a 23-year-old Queensland ranger was killed in an attack on the Great Barrier Reef. Great white shark kills surfer in Australia 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z In April, a shark fatally mauled a 23-year-old wildlife worker on the Great Barrier Reef. 10-foot shark kills surfer off Australia’s east coast 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z The public comment period for the new Great Barrier Reef protection plan closes Sept. 30. Australia Floats Plan to Better Protect Great Barrier Reef 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z “We saw record-breaking temperatures all along the length of the Great Barrier Reef, there wasn’t a cool portion in the north, or a cool portion in the south this time around,” Hughes said. Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffers most extensive coral bleaching 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z In 2016, the RangerBot won the Google Impact Challenge Australia and joined forces with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation in an effort to accelerate the development process. Scientists tackle starfish plagues on endangered Great Barrier Reef 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffered a mass bleaching event - the third in just five years. Scientists 'find way to fight coral bleaching' 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z A major coral bleaching event is now taking place on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, caused by overheating local seas. Opinion | Don’t let those animal comeback photos fool you. Nature is still under siege. 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z It was also one of the reef’s worst mass bleaching episodes in terms of intensity, second only to 2016, which killed half of all shallow-water corals on the northern Great Barrier Reef. Great Barrier Reef suffers its most widespread mass bleaching event on record 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z If the global warming trends continue the Great Barrier Reef will be destroyed, he said. Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffers most extensive coral bleaching 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef is an irreplaceable wonder of the natural world. Scientists tackle starfish plagues on endangered Great Barrier Reef 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Roughly 30 percent of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef died after the 2016 bleaching, which was the worst of five separate bleaching events since 1998. Great Barrier Reef Is Bleaching Again. It’s Getting More Widespread. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z The 23-year-old was swimming back to his charter boat with friends when he was attacked near North West Island, on the southern Great Barrier Reef, on Monday. Man dies after being bitten by a shark near Great Barrier Reef 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z “That is unprecedented on the Great Barrier Reef.” Great Barrier Reef suffers its most widespread mass bleaching event on record 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z The government’s top Great Barrier Reef scientist says a third mass bleaching event in five years is a clear signal the marine wonder is “calling for urgent help” on climate change. Great Barrier Reef's third mass bleaching in five years is the most widespread ever 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Data from aerial surveys is still being analysed, but the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has said preliminary results suggest the 2020 bleaching had a much broader footprint. Rescuing the Great Barrier Reef: how much can be saved, and how can we do it? 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef is not entirely dead — it is large enough to support swaths of healthy coral. Great Barrier Reef Is Bleaching Again. It’s Getting More Widespread. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef Authority, an Australian government agency, based its announcement of mass bleaching on observations, still underway, made in the water and from the air. Australia’s Record Heat Means Another Blow to Great Barrier Reef 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z As heat built across the reef in February, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority began reporting pockets of bleaching in the far north toward the end of the month. Great Barrier Reef suffers its most widespread mass bleaching event on record 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z One quarter of the Great Barrier Reef suffered severe bleaching this summer in the most widespread outbreak ever witnessed, according to analysis of aerial surveys of more than 1,000 individual reefs released on Tuesday. Great Barrier Reef's third mass bleaching in five years is the most widespread ever 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef’s first major mass bleaching event happened in 1998. Rescuing the Great Barrier Reef: how much can be saved, and how can we do it? 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Hundreds of millions of people get their protein primarily from reef fish like the coral trout, which is already being affected by the bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef. Great Barrier Reef Is Bleaching Again. It’s Getting More Widespread. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority said the assessment was based on information from in-water and aerial observations, and built on the best available science and technology to understand current conditions. Great Barrier Reef’s latest bleaching confirmed by marine park authority 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Scientists saw severe bleaching on coastal reefs from Torres Strait in the far north to the southern border of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, at levels only eclipsed during 2016. Great Barrier Reef suffers its most widespread mass bleaching event on record 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z “I’m very worried about the situation given how warm the temperatures are on the Great Barrier Reef and what the projections are,” Hoegh-Guldberg said. Great Barrier Reef enters crucial period in coral bleaching 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z When coral scientist Zoe Richards left the Great Barrier Reef’s Lizard Island in late January, she was feeling optimistic. Rescuing the Great Barrier Reef: how much can be saved, and how can we do it? 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z In August, the government agency that manages Australia's Great Barrier Reef downgraded its outlook for the corals' condition from "poor" to "very poor" due to warming oceans. Climate change and pollution could eliminate nearly all coral reefs by end of century 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The World Heritage Committee is scheduled to review the status of the Great Barrier Reef at a meeting in June in China, with the potential to place the reef on its “in danger” list. Great Barrier Reef on brink of third major coral bleaching in five years, scientists warn 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z It is telling, Hughes said, that February 2020 brought the highest monthly sea surface temperatures ever recorded across the Great Barrier Reef, with no El Niño to assist. Great Barrier Reef suffers its most widespread mass bleaching event on record 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority last year downgraded its outlook for the corals’ condition from “poor” to “very poor” due to warming oceans. Great Barrier Reef enters crucial period in coral bleaching 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Just beyond are the invisible southern limits of the Great Barrier Reef marine preserve, among the seven natural wonders of the world. Record fires and dead coral reefs aren’t dulling Australia’s lust for coal 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The first harsh signal sounded loudly in 2016 and 2017, when stunned scientists reported a massive bleaching of corals on the Great Barrier Reef, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. In Australia, fires heat up environmental movement 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z In August 2019, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority downgraded the reef’s longterm outlook from “poor” to “very poor” for the first time. Great Barrier Reef on brink of third major coral bleaching in five years, scientists warn 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Every year, we went to Lizard Island, Australia, to a protected marine reserve in the Great Barrier Reef, and that was our reference for what coral reefs should be like: dazzling places, full of life. How scientists are coping with ‘ecological grief’ 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Its iconic Great Barrier Reef is in peril as ocean temperatures rise and atmospheric carbon-dioxide emissions acidify the seas. Opinion | Australia’s apocalyptic fires are a warning to the world 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z “The extent to which the Great Barrier Reef will be able to recover . . . remains uncertain, given the projected increased frequency of extreme climate events over the next two decades,” Hughes wrote. Record fires and dead coral reefs aren’t dulling Australia’s lust for coal 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The new business would add at least 500 coal-ship passages through the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area each year for the project’s six-decade life. In Australia, fires heat up environmental movement 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z He was 2 when his father was killed in 2006 by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. Irwin family treating hundreds of animals amid Australia wildfires: 'Everything' is being injured 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z We went to see the Great Barrier Reef – one of the great wonders of this planet – while we still can. Australia, your country is burning – dangerous climate change is here with you now | Michael Mann 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z That compares to less than 10% in some parts of the Caribbean Sea, and rarely more than 45% in the northern part of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. As coral reefs suffer around the world, reefs in French Polynesia are thriving 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z When it reaches that peak, the new business would add at least 500 transits by coal ships through the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area each year of the project’s six-decade life. Record fires and dead coral reefs aren’t dulling Australia’s lust for coal 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z A mass coral spawning on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on Nov. 16. Analysis | The Energy 202: Here's why Pelosi is going to Madrid for a climate conference 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Consider Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, which is close to the size of Italy. These corals could survive climate change — and help save the world’s reefs 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Bruno’s study reflects the reality of coral bleaching in places such as the Great Barrier Reef off Australia, which is heavily protected but still vulnerable to the impacts of a warming world. Safeguarding the seas, 1 protected area at a time 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z “If you went down to the Great Barrier Reef to fish, don’t even bother,” Wayne Bisbee said. In this fishing tournament, first place could mean a $1-million payday 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Many of them will be giving the presentations at more than 1,700 locations as far flung as Antarctica and the Great Barrier Reef. Gore kicking off 24 hours of climate talks around the world 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef is in bad shape too. Callum Roberts: ‘Sharks do bite people, they do kill people, but it's more error than intention' 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Fortunately, the Great Barrier Reef’s neighbourhood is better off than the Caribbean’s. These corals could survive climate change — and help save the world’s reefs 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Scientists catching fish for studies at the Great Barrier Reef are legally required to record their catches, and Lönnstedt reported collecting only 12 zebra lionfish and three spotfin lionfish. Journal stands by paper facing misconduct allegations, but expresses concern about related images 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Hand-wringing has been consistent this year, mainly focused on the Humane Society International’s successful tribunal case against the “lethal component” of shark control methods in the Great Barrier Reef marine park. Queensland shark attack follows a familiar pattern: first horror, then a media feeding frenzy 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The attack occurred amid a debate about shark control in Queensland and a landmark court ruling that forced the state to remove its lethal drum lines from the Great Barrier Reef marine park. Airlie beach shark attack: British tourist's foot bitten off in Queensland 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The coastal town is a popular stop-off for visitors to the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef. Two men injured in Australian shark attack 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z But this hibernation behaviour won’t be enough to protect ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef, which will need to survive ever-hotter seas brought on by climate change. Daily briefing: The first drug designed for a single patient 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z At the Lizard Island Research Station on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, where all three co-authors worked in 2012, researchers are required to record their catch. Can you spot the duplicates? Critics say these photos of lionfish point to fraud 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z A tethered robot — LarvalBot — disperses coral larvae on 3 hectares of the Great Barrier Reef.Credit: Save reefs to rescue all ecosystems 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z When Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral-reef system, was hit by record-breaking marine heat waves that bleached two-thirds of it in 2016 and 2017, many researchers were left in a state of shock. ‘Ecological grief’ grips scientists witnessing Great Barrier Reef’s decline 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z An Australian social scientist is investigating how scientists and others working on the Great Barrier Reef responded to the devastating bleaching events of 2016 and 2017. Daily briefing: It’s time to save the world 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z Warming waters, caused by climate change, have caused devastating bleaching to the Great Barrier Reef, which stretches 1,400 miles off the coast of Australia and is the world’s largest coral reef. Pumice raft floating in South Pacific after underwater volcano eruption - The Washington Post 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z It got twisted into how this raft is somehow going to save the Great Barrier Reef. Don’t Believe the Hype: The Pumice Raft Won’t Save the Great Barrier Reef 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z “The Great Barrier Reef is one of the globe’s most famous World Heritage Areas yet the report finds that its integrity is challenged and deteriorating,” environmentalist group Australian Marine Conservation Society said in a statement. Australia's Great Barrier Reef in 'very poor' condition: agency 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z In the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, corals that have lost all of their colour, like those pictured, are a common sight.Credit: ‘Ecological grief’ grips scientists witnessing Great Barrier Reef’s decline 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z Under Australian law, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority must produce a report on the state of the World Heritage site every five years. Great Barrier Reef outlook is 'very poor' 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z He also noted that the pumice raft is just one two-thousandth the size of the Great Barrier Reef, and that coral rarely settles on pumice. Pumice raft floating in South Pacific after underwater volcano eruption - The Washington Post 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z The southern Great Barrier Reef was not hit very hard by the bleaching events. Don’t Believe the Hype: The Pumice Raft Won’t Save the Great Barrier Reef 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee last year called for global action on climate change to protect five large coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef. Australia's Great Barrier Reef in 'very poor' condition: agency 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Witnessing the Great Barrier Reef “go into meltdown in the space of a week” in early 2016 was a major shock for David Suggett, a coral physiologist at the University of Technology Sydney. ‘Ecological grief’ grips scientists witnessing Great Barrier Reef’s decline 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z Scientists say it'll bring millions of new coral to the Great Barrier Reef. Massive pumice 'raft' spotted in the Pacific could help replenish Great Barrier Reef 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Seven of them are genetically highly distinctive, compared to snakes on the Great Barrier Reef, and they may be new species entirely. She Studies Sea Snakes by the Seafloor 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z First, Queensland settled a case that had accused the Adani-controlled port at Abbot Point of dumping excess amounts of suspended solids, a category that includes coal, around the Great Barrier Reef. How One Billionaire Could Keep Three Countries Hooked on Coal for Decades 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z This week Australian researchers found that sustained heat waves—such as one that devastated the Great Barrier Reef in 2016—not only bleach corals but sometimes kill them, endangering whole reef ecosystems. Ballistic Maggots, Synthetic Winks and Why You're Not Goop: This Week's Best Science GIFs 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Pandolfi has been studying ecosystem dynamics in the Great Barrier Reef for more than 30 years. ‘Ecological grief’ grips scientists witnessing Great Barrier Reef’s decline 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z During the high temperature event the team studied, which occurred on the Great Barrier Reef between 2016 and 2017, there was an estimated loss of a third to half of the corals. Heatwaves 'instantly turn coral to ghosts' 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z On Sept. 4, 2006, Irwin, more commonly known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. Bindi Irwin reveals how she will honor her late father Steve Irwin at upcoming wedding 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z A clown fish embarks on a journey to find his son after losing him in the Great Barrier Reef. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 21 - 27, 2019 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z We’ve boiled half of the world’s coral reefs to death in the past 150 years, including 50% of the iconic Great Barrier Reef in just the last three years. Biodiversity loss is the very real end of the world and no one is acting like it 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z The group is considering ten candidate sites from around the globe, from a cave in northern Italy to corals in the Great Barrier Reef to a lake in China. Anthropocene now: influential panel votes to recognize Earth’s new epoch 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z But over all, Australians shrugged off the warming seas killing the Great Barrier Reef and the extreme drought punishing farmers. It Was Supposed to Be Australia’s Climate Change Election. What Happened? 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Surrounding rivers run out to the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s eastern cost, making the farm particularly sensitive over its use of chemicals, he said. Robots take the wheel as autonomous farm machines hit fields 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z In the northeastern state of Queensland, which stretches from Brisbane to the tropics near the Great Barrier Reef, several Liberal Party candidates won handily. Australia Election Results: Prime Minister Scott Morrison Seizes a Stunning Win 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Australians are increasingly experiencing the effects of climate change, from extreme weather to mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. How Australia’s election will decide its role in climate change 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Scientists say that warmer weather poses a huge threat to species in "mega-diverse" Australia, most seriously in the Great Barrier Reef. How Australia is changing - in 11 charts 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Nearly 250 years ago, Cook ran aground on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Researchers to discuss plans to look for Captain Cook’s ship 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Another warning is the increasingly dire state of the Great Barrier Reef. Opinion | As the seas rise, Republicans will deserve all the blame their grandchildren assign them 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z According to Wednesday’s study, the number of new corals settling on the Great Barrier Reef declined by 89 percent after the recent bleaching events. Great Barrier Reef is being battered by climate change, and it might only get worse 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z A man attacked by a shark in the Whitsundays is in a serious but stable condition after being rescued from a diving pontoon on the Great Barrier Reef. Whitsundays shark attack: man in serious condition after being bitten on thigh 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Even in its damaged state, the Great Barrier Reef still contains hundreds of millions of corals—enough to swamp the genetic impact of new coral species. Researchers embrace a radical idea: engineering coral to cope with climate change 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z For instance, thanks to extreme ocean temperatures, much of Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffered mass bleaching in 2016 and 2017 that turned parades of colorful coral into dull, white masses. Coral Reefugees: Certain Corals Could "Outrun" Climate Change 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef, already in dire condition, will die. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Coming for Your Hamburgers! 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z “We used to think that the Great Barrier Reef was too big to fail — until now.” Great Barrier Reef is being battered by climate change, and it might only get worse 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Fishermen would sometimes see them while visiting the island, which is dotted with a few grass clumps, shorebirds and nesting sea turtles in the Great Barrier Reef. Climate change officially claims its first mammal: The Bramble Cay melomys is declared extinct 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z For corals, scientists are working with the same basic organisms, often taken from the Great Barrier Reef, and not aiming to introduce a new predator. Researchers embrace a radical idea: engineering coral to cope with climate change 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z The "fastest rates of sea level rise" in Australia and near the Great Barrier Reef are in the north, where Bramble Cay is located, according to the government's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Australian rodent marks first climate change extinction, scientists say 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z The UN calls the Great Barrier Reef the "most biodiverse" of all the World Heritage sites, and of "enormous scientific and intrinsic importance". Flood threat spreads to Great Barrier Reef 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z “As global temperatures continue to rise,” the authors of Wednesday’s study wrote, “the probability of avoiding further bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef in the next decade or two is vanishingly small.” Great Barrier Reef is being battered by climate change, and it might only get worse 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z In northern Australia, record air temperatures late last year sparked warnings of more damage to the Great Barrier Reef. Ocean heat waves like the Pacific’s deadly ‘Blob’ could become the new normal 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z "Since we started this work, we've lost well over half of the Great Barrier Reef—at least—and lots of other reefs in the world," she recalled. Researchers embrace a radical idea: engineering coral to cope with climate change 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Sugar cane fertilizers are devastating the Great Barrier Reef. The diet for a healthy planet: what should environmentalists eat? 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z A 2016 bleaching event, for example, damaged 94 percent of the coral on the Great Barrier Reef. These corals love the warming oceans 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Hughes said the damage to the Great Barrier Reef is about more than the corals. Great Barrier Reef is being battered by climate change, and it might only get worse 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Irwin, who achieved international stardom for his televised death-defying stunts involving crocodiles, was at the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast where his documentary was taking place at the time of his death. Crocodile Hunter’s daughter Bindi Irwin describes heartbreak after dad’s passing: ‘It’s like losing a part of your heart’ 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The first quarterly challenge will be “Destination Vacation,” which will allow walkers to virtually travel to Bora Bora, the Great Barrier Reef, Greece, the British Virgin Islands and several more exotic destinations. West Virginia city aims to walk 5 million miles in 2019 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world, but the implications extend far beyond Australia. Scientists Find Some Hope for Coral Reefs: The Strong May Survive 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Last month, a young doctor was killed in a shark attack at an island harbor on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Shark attack in Australia injures man who called himself 'shark bait' 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z “If we want to save the Great Barrier Reef, these outdated ambitions need to be abandoned. Yet Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising, not falling. It’s a national disgrace.” Portrait of a planet on the verge of climate catastrophe 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Scientific American caught up with him at the annual Falling Walls science conference in Berlin earlier this month and spoke about the future of the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef Is "In for a Rough Ride" 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Coral-reef researcher Terry Hughes has faced criticism from the Australian tourist industry for sounding the alarm over massive bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef. Daily briefing: Coral scientist, former naturopath win Maddox prize 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z But after ocean temperatures surged in 2016 around the Great Barrier Reef, causing severe damage, researchers found that the corals that survived were more resistant to another period of extreme warmth the following year. Scientists Find Some Hope for Coral Reefs: The Strong May Survive 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef likely faces another major bleaching event this year.Credit: Coral scientists decry loss of funding for leading Australian reef institute 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z For every species of butterflyfish or parrotfish you spot in the Caribbean, you might see three or more species in Southeast Asia’s Coral Triangle or Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Why Southeast Asia and Australia’s Coral Reefs Became So Rich in Species 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z What is your outlook for the Great Barrier Reef in the coming months? The Great Barrier Reef Is "In for a Rough Ride" 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef, around for 25 million years, would die, as opposed to shrinking 70 percent to 90 percent. Editorials from around Ohio 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The hearing heard P&O reported the spill to Amsa but the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority was not informed until 4 September. P&O cruise ship dumped 27,000 litres of waste on Great Barrier Reef, Senate hears 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z When she tells me of her visit to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef earlier this year, a treat after turning in the Unsheltered manuscript, she’s quick to correct me about the direness of the reef’s fate. Barbara Kingsolver: ‘It feels as though we’re living through the end of the world' 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z But the Great Barrier Reef, despite its status, is not the only unique or threatened marine ecosystem in Australia. Australia’s Other Great (and Threatened) Coral Reefs 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z What do people misunderstand about the Great Barrier Reef? The Great Barrier Reef Is "In for a Rough Ride" 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z By the time it ended, in June of last year, almost a third of the shallow-water corals on the Great Barrier Reef were dead. How to Write About a Vanishing World 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Australia’s Great Barrier Reef was cooked to the point that it reportedly smelled of death. Back from the brink: the global effort to save coral from climate change 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The ship bounded through the Pacific Ocean, scraping up against the Great Barrier Reef and stopping in New Zealand and Tahiti. Wreckage May Be From Endeavour, Ship That Explored World and Charted Australia 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z So, as an undergraduate, Melissa Merritt left to spend a semester investigating the reproductive abilities of corals along the Great Barrier Reef in northeast Australia. The world at their feet 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z During summer 2017 a large swath of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef—normally a riot of electric oranges, reds and other colors—turned ghostly pale. The Great Barrier Reef Is "In for a Rough Ride" 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z After taking an aerial survey of the Great Barrier Reef, one of Australia’s most prominent coral biologists, Terry Hughes, showed the results to his students. How to Write About a Vanishing World 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Spread across five campuses in Queensland, Griffith University boasts a strong commitment to sustainability, as befits an institution near the Great Barrier Reef. Movers and shakers 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z One night, while sailing along Australia’s eastern coast, the ship swiped the jagged coral of the Great Barrier Reef, leaving a gaping hole. Wreckage May Be From Endeavour, Ship That Explored World and Charted Australia 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Stretching more than 1,430 miles along Queensland’s spectacular coastline, the Great Barrier Reef is the longest coral reef in the world and the first coral reef ecosystem to be awarded Unesco World Heritage Status. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef showing ‘signs of recovery’ 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z It takes us seven or eight days to crisscross the entire Great Barrier Reef in a small plane flying up to eight hours a day. The Great Barrier Reef Is "In for a Rough Ride" 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Is he oblivious to the fact that half the coral in the Great Barrier Reef is dead, looking ghostly gray and white? Opinion | The Trump Vibe Spreads Down Under 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z In the text, apart from the occasional side-trip to the Great Barrier Reef, I don’t even get to Heaven, except to the extent that Heaven is here on Earth. Clive James on his epic new poem: ‘The story of a mind heading into oblivion’ 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef is dying, the North Pole is melting, and fires are ravaging the West again after last year’s record season. The West Is Going Up in Flames 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z SYDNEY, Australia — Mile after mile of the Great Barrier Reef is dying amid rising ocean temperatures. Australia Wilts From Climate Change. Why Can’t Its Politicians Act? 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef story in Australia, following the unprecedented back-to-back bleaching, is very politically contentious. The Great Barrier Reef Is "In for a Rough Ride" 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z “All it does is reconfirm that they have no interest in doing anything about climate change or the Great Barrier Reef really,” said Jon Brodie, a well-known coral reef scientist at James Cook University. Australian Prime Minister Abandons Climate Targets, Bowing to Party Pressure 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z More than half a million hectares of forest was cleared in the Great Barrier Reef catchments over four years – an area more than twice the size of the Australian Capital Territory. 'Disaster': half a million hectares of forest bulldozed in Great Barrier Reef catchment 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z At the Great Barrier Reef, the largest in the world, one-third of the coral was killed during an ocean temperature spike in 2016 that scientists attribute to climate change. Scientists race to create more resilient coral, which they hope will survive in warming oceans 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z The bleaching and damage to roughly half the Great Barrier Reef “is not a natural disaster,” she added. Australia Wilts From Climate Change. Why Can’t Its Politicians Act? 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z I think that is just the beginning of a transition that hopefully will make the Great Barrier Reef tougher for inevitable future events. The Great Barrier Reef Is "In for a Rough Ride" 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z “By 2034, the extreme ocean temperatures that led to the 2016 and 2017 bleaching events may occur every two years under current greenhouse gas pollution rates, effectively destroying the Great Barrier Reef,” the report explains. Great Barrier Reef may be dying: Scientists send urgent warning 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z “It’s a destruction of habitat and a disaster for the Great Barrier Reef,” Burke said. 'Disaster': half a million hectares of forest bulldozed in Great Barrier Reef catchment 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef system on earth, was struck in 2016 and 2017 by massive die-offs of coral — caused by extreme ocean temperatures — that erased much of its dazzling color. Great Barrier Reef Imperiled as Heat Worsens Die-Offs, Experts Say 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z The reef is the second largest in the world after Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Belize reef taken off 'in danger' list 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z THE Great Barrier Reef, which runs for 2,300km along the coast of Queensland, is one of the icons of environmentalism. Australia’s coral barrier reef keeps dying and coming back 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Jody Webster of the University of Sydney, Bryan Lougheed of the Institute Pierre Simon Laplace in France, and their colleagues extracted a variety of ancient coral cores from beneath the Great Barrier Reef. Cores from Coral Reefs Hold Secrets of the Seas' Past and Future 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z From Port Douglas, in Queensland, Australia, it’s about two hours by motorboat to the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef. How Justin Trudeau and Jerry Brown Can Help Save the Great Barrier Reef 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The Climate Council report follows an April pledge by Australia’s government to spend tens of millions of dollars to try to reverse the damage to the Great Barrier Reef. Great Barrier Reef Imperiled as Heat Worsens Die-Offs, Experts Say 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z The budget allocates AU$536 million to protect the Great Barrier Reef by reducing pollution in agricultural runoff, developing coral restoration techniques, and combating outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish, which feed on corals. Australian scientists welcome boosts in in new federal budget 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z A 1,400-mile coral necklace fringing Australia’s northeast coast, the Great Barrier Reef is a biological marvel often touted as the largest living structure on Earth. 6 Amazing Structures Built by Surprising Creatures 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Another Aus$56 million will be given to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority to expand its management of the reef. North Korea’s nuclear site, Mars rocks and CRISPR arguments 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth, but it is roughly half as living as it was three years ago. How Justin Trudeau and Jerry Brown Can Help Save the Great Barrier Reef 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z In 2017, the organisation decided not to place the Great Barrier Reef on its official list of 55 World Heritage sites "in danger". New fund to protect Great Barrier Reef 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z And other recent research, published by some of the same authors who conducted the Great Barrier Reef study, suggests that coral bleaching events are also happening more frequently. Recent Ocean Heat Waves Have 'Forever' Altered Great Barrier Reef 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z In 2016 and 2017, the Great Barrier Reef was pummeled by two successive summers in which ocean temperatures far exceeded normal for key portions of the reef — and stayed that way for a considerable time. Global warming has changed the Great Barrier Reef ‘forever,’ scientists say 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The extent and severity of the coral die-off recorded in the Great Barrier Reef surprised even the researchers. Great Barrier Reef: 30% of coral died in 'catastrophic' 2016 heatwave 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z If you possibly can, you should see the Great Barrier Reef. How Justin Trudeau and Jerry Brown Can Help Save the Great Barrier Reef 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Conservationists are working hard to save the Great Barrier Reef. Floating Sunscreen-Like Film Could Protect the Great Barrier Reef 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z And the Great Barrier Reef is hardly the only reef around the world that’s suffering the consequences. Recent Ocean Heat Waves Have 'Forever' Altered Great Barrier Reef 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef is literally a treasure. Global warming has changed the Great Barrier Reef ‘forever,’ scientists say 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The study, published today in Nature, was conducted on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Carbon dioxide levels threaten reefs 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Even the relatively well-protected Great Barrier Reef lost 30 percent of its corals in just eight months as a result, Hughes notes. Where Plastic Goes, Coral Disease Follows 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The project, created by the University of Melbourne and the Australian Institute of Marine Science, was recently announced by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Floating Sunscreen-Like Film Could Protect the Great Barrier Reef 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z But the iconic Great Barrier Reef may present one of the biggest warnings about the future of corals worldwide. Recent Ocean Heat Waves Have 'Forever' Altered Great Barrier Reef 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Joleah Lamb began her career as a coral biologist on the Great Barrier Reef. Billions of Plastic Pieces Litter Coral in Asia and Australia 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z They found plastic snared on a third of the individual specimens, with the problem much worse on Indonesian reefs than on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, where plastic waste is better managed. Billions of pieces of plastic on coral reefs send disease soaring, research reveals 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z This included helping to introduce coral from the warmer northern Great Barrier Reef to the “cooler but warming” southern areas. Great Barrier Reef to get $60m rescue package from government 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z At the beginning of this year, an analysis published in the journal Science found the window to save the Great Barrier Reef is rapidly closing. Floating Sunscreen-Like Film Could Protect the Great Barrier Reef 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z It turns out that 99 percent of green sea turtles hatched in the northern Great Barrier Reef are now female because their sex is determined by temperature. Opinion | Swallowed by the Sea 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The world’s coral reefs are reeling from the worst recorded global coral bleaching event, in which the Great Barrier Reef was hit in both 2016 and 2017. Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching has started early, biologist says 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Along with the feminisation of these turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef, sea turtles globally face many threats from humans. How to Stop Sex Changes in Turtles on the Great Barrier Reef 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z It's no secret that the Great Barrier Reef is dying. Your Bright Idea Could Save the Biggest Reef on Earth 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z I got certified for scuba diving in one of Ohio's murky limestone quarries and made it to the Great Barrier Reef a year later. Scientists Are Taking Extreme Steps to Help Corals Survive 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z The group conducted its research over 16 days in July 2014, plying small boats around the Howick Group of islands in the north Great Barrier Reef — “an absolutely magical place,” according to Dr. Jensen. More Female Sea Turtles Born as Temperatures Rise 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Male sea turtles are disappearing from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. As temperatures rise, male sea turtles disappearing from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z In the northern part of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the future for green sea turtles appears to be turning female. How to Stop Sex Changes in Turtles on the Great Barrier Reef 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Warming seas exacerbate coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, which happens when the stressed organisms expel the colorful, symbiotic algae that sustains them. Your Bright Idea Could Save the Biggest Reef on Earth 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Deadly starfish are feasting on parts of the world’s largest reef system, which is already threatened by rising ocean temperatures, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority said on Friday. A Voracious Starfish Is Destroying the Great Barrier Reef 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z In the past two years, Hughes and his colleagues led the key aerial and underwater surveys that first documented the full scope of damage to the Great Barrier Reef. Coral reefs are bleaching four times as frequently as they did in the 1980s, scientists say 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The group conducted its research over 16 days in July 2014, plying small boats around the Howick Group of islands in the north Great Barrier Reef — “an absolutely magical place,” according to Jensen. As temperatures rise, male sea turtles disappearing from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef had two back-to-back bleaching events that killed just about half of the corals along the length of the barrier reef. Global Warming’s Toll on Coral Reefs: As if They’re ‘Ravaged by War’ 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Among them is the Great Barrier Reef, the iconic 1,400-mile stretch of coral that snakes along Australia’s eastern shores. Window to Save World's Coral Reefs Closing Rapidly 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z “Whenever coral in any location in the Great Barrier Reef is threatened or stressed, it is of concern,” said Fred Nucifora, a spokesman for the authority. A Voracious Starfish Is Destroying the Great Barrier Reef 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z The worst bleaching was in 2015-16, when record ocean temperatures affected 75 percent of 100 reefs studied from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to the Caribbean. Corals at risk as underwater heat waves strike more often 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Aerial view of widespread coral bleaching, northern Great Barrier Reef, March 2016. Coral reefs are bleaching way more frequently because of global warming 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Not much the smaller nations can do to protect their reefs when the Great Barrier Reef is such a low priority to its own national government. Global Warming’s Toll on Coral Reefs: As if They’re ‘Ravaged by War’ 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The 2016 bleaching killed about two-thirds of the corals along one stretch of the northern Great Barrier Reef. Window to Save World's Coral Reefs Closing Rapidly 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Stretches of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia, and other reefs off Madagascar, Belize and the Maldives, were left white and seemingly dead. How did half of the great Florida coral reef system disappear? 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef, the world’s biggest, was not doomed if governments stepped up action. Corals at risk as underwater heat waves strike more often 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Bleached and fluorescing corals on the northern Great Barrier Reef in April 2017. Coral reefs are bleaching way more frequently because of global warming 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z “That was a real wake up call,” said van Oppen, with the the world’s largest – Australia’s Great Barrier Reef – losing half its corals in two years, despite being seen as the best managed. New lab-bred super corals could help avert global reef wipeout 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z One recent study published by the American Meteorological Society found that human activity increased the odds of the 2016 spike that, on top of El Niño, bleached the Great Barrier Reef. Window to Save World's Coral Reefs Closing Rapidly 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z From 2008-11, extreme summer temperatures led to major flooding and pollution in Australia which badly damaged the Great Barrier Reef. How did half of the great Florida coral reef system disappear? 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The worst bleaching was in 2015-16, when record ocean temperatures affected 75 percent of 100 reefs studied from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to the Caribbean. Corals at risk as underwater heat waves strike more often 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z In Australia, the Great Barrier Reef provides nearly $6 billion in revenue from tourism and fishing, including employment for almost 70,000 people. Coral reefs are bleaching way more frequently because of global warming 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The island squats at the southern tip of the 700-mile-long Mesoamerican Reef, the second biggest barrier reef in the world after Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Wisconsin stained-glass artist to teach on Honduran island 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Corals on the Great Barrier Reef spawn en masse at specific times of night and typically over a period of just one week each year, usually in November following a full moon. Billions of Coral Sperm Banked in a Race to Save Reefs 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef suffered its worst bleaching event in memory, killing large swaths of coral. How Global Warming Fueled Five Extreme Weather Events 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef, the world’s biggest, was not doomed if governments stepped up action. Corals at risk as underwater heat waves strike more often 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The coral bleaching event in the Great Barrier Reef and other marine ecosystems in the Pacific Ocean were also amplified by “human-caused warming of the ocean”. Harvey rainfall 'weighed 127bn tonnes' 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Gaskell plans to continue looking for and surveying blue holes in the Great Barrier Reef. Peer Inside a Mysterious Blue Hole in the Great Barrier Reef 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Under the light of the moon and stars, scientists in Australia recently scooped up some of the most valuable treasures in the sea: packets of coral sperm from the Great Barrier Reef. Billions of Coral Sperm Banked in a Race to Save Reefs 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The programme also filmed on the Great Barrier Reef in 2016, witnessing the worst bleaching event in its history. Oceans under greatest threat in history, warns Sir David Attenborough 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z And they fear harm to the Great Barrier Reef, from the increased maritime traffic and the warming effect of the coal once it is burnt. Coal becomes a flashpoint in a close election in Australia 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z The closest coral of the Great Barrier Reef is just 12 miles away. Australia Debates: Does Warming Planet Really Need More Coal? 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z "Some of these sites have had scientists explore them in the past, but due to the remote offshore location, there are still parts of the Great Barrier Reef that remain a mystery," he said. Peer Inside a Mysterious Blue Hole in the Great Barrier Reef 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is a conglomeration of 3,000 reefs longer than the Pacific coast from Vancouver to... 3 Ways to Dive the Great Barrier Reef, from Affordable to Epic 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z That might be used locally, for instance, to protect the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, said Kelly Wanser, principal director of the U.S.-based Marine Cloud Brightening Project. Scientists dim sunlight, suck up carbon dioxide to cool planet 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z From there, the coal will be shipped through the Great Barrier Reef, just offshore, to power stations in India. Coal becomes a flashpoint in a close election in Australia 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z The massive Coral Sea marine reserve, which buffets the Great Barrier Reef along Australia’s northeast coast, faces the biggest conservation rollback under the plan. Australian government to roll back marine protections 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Gaskell recently explored one such blue hole in a remote location in the Great Barrier Reef. Peer Inside a Mysterious Blue Hole in the Great Barrier Reef 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z One side of the Coral Sea Reserve abuts the Great Barrier Reef, one of the world’s great natural wonders, at risk of death from rising sea temperatures. Australia Seeks to Extend Commercial Fishing in Protected Waters 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z That might be used locally, for instance, to protect the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, said Kelly Wanser, principal director of the U.S.-based Marine Cloud Brightening Project. Scientists dim sunlight, suck up carbon dioxide to cool planet 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Past efforts - including capturing underwater views of Australia's Great Barrier Reef and elevated sights from Peru's Machu Picchu citadel - involved transporting specialist camera equipment to the locations. Google Maps adds the International Space Station - BBC News 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Pollution impairs their ability to survive in key environments like the Great Barrier Reef, the authors said. Oil-exposed fish make dangerous decisions, study finds - BBC News 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z The Jim Jefferies Show The Aussie comic explores the devastating effects of global warming on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in this new episode. Tuesday's TV highlights: 'Being Mary Jane' on BET 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Rago is seen participating in dives at ocean spots like the Great Barrier Reef only to watch them deteriorate in front of his eyes. 'What's the call to action?' At 'Chasing Coral' screening, viewers respond to environmental alarm 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z And besides directly affecting endangered ecosystems and species, when the clearing occurs in Great Barrier Reef catchments, it increases sediment flow, damaging the coral. Exclusive: government inaction leading to increased pollution on Barrier Reef, says WWF 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z The most striking example is probably mass bleaching and coral mortality on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in 2016 and again this year. Opinion | My Depressing Summers in Belize 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Nowhere is this process more stark than Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Sex, Death, and Pollination: How the Moon Changes Life on Earth 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Australia’s Great Barrier Reef was left off a list of “in danger” sites, despite concern over coral bleaching. Oh Vienna: world heritage status threatened by high-rise 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z In this video, a young green sea turtle munches on a jellyfish in the shallow waters around Hook Island, Queensland, in Australia’s famous Great Barrier Reef. Watch: Sea Turtle Snacks on Jellyfish Tentacles 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Were the seas off Flinders Island in the Great Barrier Reef as green as Morgan depicts them? Man uses love of sailing to capture vivid portraits 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z But the draft decision on the coral reef report "is very disappointing," says Jon Day, a report contributing author and a resource manager formerly with Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Almost all of the 29 coral reefs on U.N. World Heritage list damaged by bleaching 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z “The reef is critical to supporting economic activity and jobs in Australia,” says the report, prepared for the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Great Barrier Reef valued at $56bn as report warns it's 'too big to fail' 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z "This report sends a clear message that the Great Barrier Reef - as an ecosystem, as an economic driver, as a global treasure - is too big to fail," said foundation director Steve Sargent. Great Barrier Reef worth A$56bn, report finds - BBC News 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Hughes said this was “not on the current agenda”, as the committee awaited the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s third outlook report due in 2019. Paris agreement's 1.5C target 'only way' to save coral reefs, Unesco says 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z The Great Barrier Reef was especially hard hit. Coral Reefs Could Be Gone in 30 Years 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z In Australia, the Great Barrier Reef suffered the worst bleaching event in recorded history in 2016 and then again in 2017. Worst global coral bleaching event eases, as experts await next one 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z A new report has valued the Great Barrier Reef at $56bn and warns of vast economic consequences for Australia unless more is done to protect it. Great Barrier Reef valued at $56bn as report warns it's 'too big to fail' 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z The study was commissioned by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, a charity dedicated to protecting the World Heritage-listed icon. Great Barrier Reef worth A$56bn, report finds - BBC News 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z “It’s certainly not a phenomenon only on the Great Barrier Reef.” Paris agreement's 1.5C target 'only way' to save coral reefs, Unesco says 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Taronga also runs a wildlife hospital that frequently helps local rescued animals and such pioneering scientific projects as coral cryopreservation from the Great Barrier Reef. 'We're her sort of mum': behind the scenes at Taronga zoo | photo-essay 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z The film, which opens in July, focuses on how warming waters around the Great Barrier Reef in Australia are bleaching the reef’s colors — imagine a rainbow turning to ash — and ability to sustain life. Considering 'Mad Max' and other Hollywood dystopias after Trump's exit from Paris accord 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Coral bleaching isn’t just occurring over yonder, on the Great Barrier Reef; it’s happening wherever you switch on the air conditioning. 'A reckoning for our species': the philosopher prophet of the Anthropocene 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z "As the largest living structure on earth and one of the world's most complex and diverse natural ecosystems, the Great Barrier Reef is justifiably considered priceless and irreplaceable." Great Barrier Reef worth A$56bn, report finds - BBC News 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Dogs pull on leashes and children dart on playgrounds, far from the Great Barrier Reef, which the radio reports is threatened by global warming, its coral turning the color of ash. Ethan Hawke lets us in his editing room and reveals what Philip Seymour Hoffman taught him 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z To film segments for his new weekly Comedy Central series, which debuts Tuesday at 10:30 p.m., the Australian comic’s itinerary has included the Netherlands, Slovenia, the Great Barrier Reef and China. Jim Jefferies joins the late-night TV crowd. He’ll try not telling too many Trump jokes. 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z A negative rating for the Great Barrier Reef - located off the country's northeast coast - would be embarrassing for the Australian government and damage its lucrative tourism industry. Australia must do more to protect reef, UNESCO says 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z “The federal government is unfortunately just writing the Great Barrier Reef off. Other things are more important to them, like the support of farmers in Queensland, and the coal industry.” Great Barrier Reef: Australia must act urgently on water quality, says Unesco 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Like the cobble skink, the Bramble Cay melomys saw its habitat, in this case a cay in the Great Barrier Reef, flooded by higher storm surges. New species discovered behind a pub – then saved from extinction 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z It’s rare to hear good news about Australia’s ailing Great Barrier Reef, but some of its larger animals are surviving against the odds. Sea Cow Baby Boom Is Good News for Great Barrier Reef 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef last year was even worse than expected, while the full impact of the most recent event is yet to be determined. Coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef worse than expected, surveys show 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z But van Keulen agreed that their field readings were very high, meaning Downs’ fears were reasonable, especially around tourist spots like Hawaii, the Caribbean and parts of the Great Barrier Reef. Slathering on sunscreen at the beach? It may be destroying coral reefs 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z We’re pretty accustomed to despair already – climate grief circles have started up in Australia, home to devastating heatwaves, fires, drought, and a basically decimated Great Barrier Reef – but this felt like something new. Trump: 100 days that shook the world – and the activists fighting back 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Some used it to protest government policy over the ailing Great Barrier Reef, or Australia's tough policy of offshore detention for asylum seekers. How an 'Australian values' debate puzzled even Australia - BBC News 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Of the 5,500 animals counted, 10 percent were calves, says the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority report. Sea Cow Baby Boom Is Good News for Great Barrier Reef 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z What’s happening in the Great Barrier Reef is the highest profile case of the stress coral are under. The Great Barrier Reef is doomed: Scientists say that there’s irreversible damage 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Is the Great Barrier Reef really in terminal decline? No, the Great Barrier Reef is not dead in the water. Not yet | Jules Howard 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z “The extraordinary devastation being experienced on the Great Barrier Reef is due to the warming of our oceans, driven by the burning of coal, oil and gas,” Hughes said. Loss of coral reefs caused by rising sea temperatures could cost $1tn globally 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Where last year’s bleaching was concentrated in the reef’s northern third, the 2017 event spread further south, and was most intense in the middle section of the Great Barrier Reef. Great Barrier Reef at 'terminal stage': scientists despair at latest bleaching data 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z It's unknown whether rapidly warming seas, which have caused huge swaths of coral to bleach and die in the Great Barrier Reef, have a harmful effect on dugongs, experts say. Sea Cow Baby Boom Is Good News for Great Barrier Reef 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z More than 63,000 people remain without power and damage to the Great Barrier Reef awaits calculation. Brexit, Donald Trump, Jordan: Your Morning Briefing 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Only one third of the entire Great Barrier Reef remains unbleached. No, the Great Barrier Reef is not dead in the water. Not yet | Jules Howard 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z "Those three things together tend to be the characteristics of a cyclone that causes relatively high damage to the ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef," he told the BBC. Cyclone Debbie: Experts fear damage to Great Barrier Reef - BBC News 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Among the longer-term concerns was further damage to the Great Barrier Reef, which has already been seriously degraded by warming waters. Cyclone Debbie Strikes Australia’s Coastline as Thousands Flee 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Coral bleaching - where corals turn white and may die - was the worst on record for Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef in 2016. 'Devastating' coral loss in South China Sea - scientists - BBC News 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z This occurred across a vast section of the northern Great Barrier Reef last year. Opinion | The Great Barrier Reef is dying 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z After all, the Great Barrier Reef is worth £3.5bn to the Australian economy each year, and keeps 69,000 people in work. No, the Great Barrier Reef is not dead in the water. Not yet | Jules Howard 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z "This is really testing the resilience of the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem." Cyclone Debbie: Experts fear damage to Great Barrier Reef - BBC News 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Unseasonably warm waters threatens to cause bleaching of the central region of the Great Barrier Reef, which avoided the large-scale damage from the bleaching in 2016. Great Barrier Reef will never be as pristine as it once was: scientists 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The Australian government confirmed in March that widespread coral bleaching is happening on the Great Barrier Reef for the fourth time in history. 'Devastating' coral loss in South China Sea - scientists - BBC News 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z "Climate change is the single greatest to the Great Barrier Reef," said co-author Prof Morgan Pratchett, from Queensland's James Cook University. Great Barrier Reef survival relies on halting warming, study warns - BBC News 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is one of the world’s natural wonders. Republicans, Syria, Geert Wilders: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z “It broke my heart to see so many corals dying on northern reefs on the Great Barrier Reef in 2016,” Hughes said. Stopping global warming is only way to save Great Barrier Reef, scientists warn 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Repeated damage to the Great Barrier Reef may also see UNESCO's World Heritage Committee reconsider its decision in 2015 not to put the Great Barrier Reef on its "in danger" list. Great Barrier Reef will never be as pristine as it once was: scientists 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The fate of the Great Barrier Reef, once again, illustrates the value of continued research. No time to chop funding for a pivotal climate programme 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z “On the Great Barrier Reef, it’s been happening for 18 years.” Large Sections of Australia’s Great Reef Are Now Dead, Scientists Find 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s that process that hit 93 percent of the Great Barrier Reef last year, causing nearly a quarter of the coral to die off. Great Barrier bleach: Mass bleaching is hitting world’s largest coral reef system 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z The embattled Great Barrier Reef could face yet more severe coral bleaching in the coming month, with areas badly hit by last year’s event at risk of death. Images of new bleaching on Great Barrier Reef heighten fears of coral death 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Scientists believe the discovery of the undersea landslide and its vast debris field in the deep Great Barrier Reef reveal a far more complex landscape than previously known. Massive ancient undersea landslide discovered off the Great Barrier Reef 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Now, picture editors looking for contemporary signs of a warming world have a new subject: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. No time to chop funding for a pivotal climate programme 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z But an Australian government study released last week found that over all, last year brought “the highest sea surface temperatures across the Great Barrier Reef on record.” Large Sections of Australia’s Great Reef Are Now Dead, Scientists Find 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Bleached coral skeletons in the Great Barrier Reef near Port Douglas photographed on Feb. 20. Great Barrier bleach: Mass bleaching is hitting world’s largest coral reef system 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z According to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, sea surface temperatures from Cape Tribulation to Townsville have been up to 2C higher than normal for the time of year for more than a month. Images of new bleaching on Great Barrier Reef heighten fears of coral death 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z The team made the discovery while conducting three-dimensional mapping of ancient reefs in the Queensland Trough, a vast basin adjoining the Great Barrier Reef. Ancient undersea landslide discovered in Australia - BBC News 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z In the movie, Dory swims through the beleaguered Great Barrier Reef to return to her childhood home: a habitat which rehabilitates marine life damaged by, among other things, the effects of climate change and pollution. Finding Dory, a movie about travellers, is Trump's first White House screening 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Water temperatures there remain so high that another round of mass bleaching is underway, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority confirmed last week. Large Sections of Australia’s Great Reef Are Now Dead, Scientists Find 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z “We’d be foreclosing on our children’s future,” she said, mentioning the withering of the Great Barrier Reef. Beware the politician with simple answers: Trump still divides, and there's a lot at stake 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Stonehenge, the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and the Great Barrier Reef are among 70 well-known sites made with the toy bricks. Lego wonders: World-famous sites rebuilt - BBC News 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Australia’s Great Barrier Reef experienced the worst bleaching ever recorded by scientists in 2016. The 10 species most at risk from climate change 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Warm oceans saw coral mortality of up to 50% in parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and bleaching of 75% of Japan’s biggest reef. 2016 hottest year ever recorded – and scientists say human activity to blame 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Huge sections of the Great Barrier Reef, stretching across hundreds of miles of its most pristine northern sector, were recently found to be dead, killed last year by overheated seawater. Large Sections of Australia’s Great Reef Are Now Dead, Scientists Find 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z “The Great Barrier Reef is very resilient and quite strong,” Mr. Frydenberg said in an email on Tuesday. Great Barrier Reef Hit by Worst Coral Die-Off on Record, Scientists Say 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Last year, it was reported that a rare underwater heatwave, combined with an increase in ocean acidity, had destroyed swaths of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. How warming seas are forcing fish to seek new waters 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z They conclude that reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef, are unlikely to survive such events. The 10 species most at risk from climate change 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z One study conducted last summer found that more than a third of corals died in some regions of the Great Barrier Reef, just one of many affected. Coral Reef Conditions Are about to Get a Lot Worse 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z They collected specimens near One Tree Island in the Great Barrier Reef, off the northeast coast of Australia. How a Fish That Hatches in Coral Reefs Finds Its Way Home 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The Bramble Cay melomys were long-tailed, whiskered creatures who lived on an island in the Great Barrier Reef; today none exist. Things We Learned in 2016 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z |
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