Australia's Great Barrier Reef experiencing worst bleaching on record

Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst bleaching ... is the fifth mass bleaching on the reef in the past eight years. Bleaching occurs when coral expel microscopic ... Read More

New drone footage shows 97% of coral is dead in northern Great Barrier Reef

At least 97 per cent of corals on a reef in the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef have died during one of the most severe bleaching events ever ... who analysed the coral deaths at ... Read More

The shocking extent of latest Great Barrier Reef mass bleaching event

This week, the Great Barrier Reef Marine ... levels of coral bleaching, and high to extreme levels of bleaching were common in the southern region of the Marine Park, where One Tree Island is ... Read More

coral bleaching

If the bleaching is severe and long-lasting, the coral can die. While corals can recover from mass bleaching events ... the Great Barrier Reef is someday covered in coral once again, its ... Read More

How climate patterns contribute to coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef

A new study finds a significant impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) and El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on coral bleaching events in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Read More

Australian marine agency data exploited to mislead on reef health

Despite scientists describing the mass bleaching of Australia's Great Barrier Reef as the worst in recent history, a climate skeptic claims a spike in carbon dioxide (CO2) has benefited the region, ... Read More

New mass bleaching event underway on Great Barrier Reef

For the fifth time in just eight years, mass coral bleaching is turning hundreds of sites across the Great Barrier Reef ... its inherent resilience, its ability to tolerate and recover from events." ... Read More

Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef is 'a wake up call'

Lissa Schindler - another marine ecologist - has also been diving the Great Barrier Reef for the past 20 years. She says her latest trip was an emotional one. “It's the first time I've gone for ... Read More

Beyond the Barrier Reef: Australia’s 3 other World Heritage reefs are also in trouble

We all know the Barrier Reef – but Australia also has three other World Heritage reefs, Ningaloo and Shark Bay in Western Australia and Lord Howe Island off the New South Wales coast. Read More

97 Percent of Bleached Coral at Lizard Island Reef Is Dead After Great Barrier Bleaching Event

But we do know that, according to other aerial surveys, almost one-third of the Great Barrier Reef experienced ‘very high’ and ‘extreme’ levels of coral bleaching last summer.” ... Read More

Great Barrier Reef may be off danger list

LONDON: One of the world's greatest natural wonders - The Great Barrier Reef, home to 2,500 individual reefs, 400 types of coral ... reviewed by the Committee at its session in 2017," the draft ... Read More