Warming seas are threatening the home of thousands of marine species, but some corals can recover if temperatures cool. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been hit by a major coral bleaching event likely caused by heat stress built up over the summer at the biologically diverse site, a government agency has said. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which …
The world's biggest coral reef system is not going on the UN's list of World Heritage sites "in danger". The fact is, coral reefs including the Great Barrier Reef, face near complete destruction in the coming decades. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has ruled that the climate impacts of several new coal mines can't be considered when approving them under existing …
Two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reefs sees the largest amount of cover in 36 years, new report says. Two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef showed the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years, according to an official long-term monitoring programme but the reef remains vulnerable to increasingly frequent mass bleaching. The recovery in the central and northern stretches of …
When the scientific advisors to UNESCO recommended the Great Barrier Reef be added to UNESCO's in-danger list, Environment Minister Sussan Ley claimed the process stunk. Great Barrier Reef avoids 'in danger' tag by UNESCO Photo shows A Green Turtle swims peacefully among the corals on the Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef will not be added to UNESCO's "in …
