Bleaching damage on the corals of the Great Barrier Reef near Queensland, Australia. Credit: GREG TORDA/ARC CENTRE CORAL/REX/Shutterstock Australia's Great Barrier Reef is under serious threat as ...

The Great Barrier Reef – the world's largest reef system that's "one of the richest and most complex natural ecosystems on Earth" – is once again undergoing a mass coral bleaching event.

In the 20th century, global sea level rose faster than at any other time in the past 3,000 years. It's expected to rise even ...

In a new TED Talk, the executive director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation shared new scalable technologies that are ...

Dr. Shawna Foo, a coral reef scientist at the University ... In 2021, UNESCO considered listing the Great Barrier Reef as a World Heritage site “in danger” due to inadequate climate action.

Further, the researchers say that this region of the Great Barrier Reef experienced massive death rates, with more than 44 percent of the bleached coral dying off by July. Some, like coral genera ...

The hard version of coral polyps produces limestone that is used to form layer after layer of a rigid coral skeleton. Groups ...

In 2024, aerial surveys revealed over 60% of the Great Barrier Reef experienced bleaching, highlighting the urgent need for ...

Rows of tanks filled with liquid nitrogen sit in temperature-controlled chambers at Sydney's Taronga zoo, cradling parts of ...

The Great Barrier Reef may survive rising sea levels, but not in the presence of climate stress and pollution, suggests a new ...