A Unesco heritage committee on Tuesday stopped short of listing Australia’s Great Barrier Reef as a site that is “in danger” but warned the world’s biggest coral reef ecosystem remained ...
These starfish can each munch over 100 square feet of coral every year, so culling them can help degrading reefs recover.
Australia faces a potential Great Barrier Reef-style scramble to avoid ‘in danger’ listing of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, over concerns about fish farm pollution. An alliance ...
The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its fifth coral bleaching event in eight years. Tour operators are crucial in ...
Floods, cyclones, heat stress and predatory starfish contributing to impacts as fourth planet-wide bleaching event confirmed ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Coral bleaching has swept from the tail to the tip of the Great Barrier Reef, with aerial surveys revealing the possibly ...
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, which stretches for some 2,300km (1,429 miles) off the country’s northeastern coast, is suffering its worst bleaching event on record. The extent of the ...
It is clear that despite management efforts at local, regional and national levels, a significant number of threats to the reef are getting worse. "The tourism industry, desperate to maintain ...
Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef is suffering another mass bleaching event, officials have confirmed. Bleaching occurs when heat-stressed corals expel the algae that gives them life and colour.
A diver inspects a coral head along the Great Barrier Reef in August 2022 on Hastings Reef. Bleaching events and global warming have done significant damage to the Great Barrier Reef, threatening ...
A "mass bleaching event" is unfolding on Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef, authorities said Friday, as warming seas threaten the spectacular home to thousands of marine species. Often dubbed ...
Floods, cyclones, heat stress and predatory starfish contributing to impacts as fourth planet-wide bleaching event confirmed ...