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Australia's Underrated Coastal Oasis Puts The Great Barrier Reef Within Arm's Reach

There are many incredible reasons to explore Australia: the land of kangaroos and the Outback, the endless coastline, and the Sydney Opera House. Its nature and wildlife are unmatched, with plants, ...
Panda

The Great Barrier Reef Under Threat

A new report by Dalberg Global Development Advisors finds that the risk posed by port expansions in the Great Barrier Reef is not worth taking for financial and environmental reasons. A new report by ...
BGR

Great Barrier Reef Has Reached 'Catastrophic' Coral Bleaching Levels, Study Warns

A new study has awful news for the Great Barrier Reef. Located off the coast of Australia, this reef is one of the largest in the world. However, this world treasure is in dire need of help, as ...
Phys.org

Coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef reaches 'catastrophic' levels

A team of marine scientists from the University of Sydney has published the first peer-reviewed study documenting the devastating coral bleaching events that occurred on the southern Great Barrier ...
SpaceNews

Great Barrier Reef As Seen From Space

The Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over part of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast on 1 April 2017. Extending more than 2000 km and covering an area of some 350 000 sq ...
Inhabitat

UNESCO calls to add Great Barrier Reef to danger list

One of the world’s most famous natural wonders is the Great Barrier Reef. The site is a marine wonderland, with a rich diversity of beautiful corals and thousands of aquatic creatures. The Great ...
The Conversation

Warm is the new norm for the Great Barrier Reef – and a likely El Niño raises red flags

Scott F. Heron is receiving and has received funding from Australian Research Council, as well as from international government sources. Together with Jon Day, Scott developed the Climate ...
Reuters

Australian resort towns along Great Barrier Reef brace for cyclone

SYDNEY, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Thousands of people in coastal towns along Australia's Great Barrier Reef are without power and sheltering within their homes as the epicentre of a tropical cyclone nears ...
The Conversation

There’s a hidden source of excess nutrients suffocating the Great Barrier Reef. We found it

The authors receive funding from the Australian Research Council, the Herman Slade Foundation and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Damien Maher receives funding from the Australian Research Council, ...
ExtremeTech

Great Barrier Reef Sees Unprecedented Coral Bleaching

A form of coral known as the "bent sea rod" experiencing bleaching off Florida's coast in 2014. Credit: US Geological Survey Scientists in Australia have observed unprecedented coral bleaching across ...
CNN

Coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaches ‘catastrophic’ levels, study finds

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels, a new study has ...