“Bleaching becomes more severe if either the heat stress episodes are more intense or if they last for a longer time,” Joerg Wiedenmann, a marine biologist who heads the Coral Reef Laboratory ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. Led by Tourism Tropical North Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s Reef Guardian councils, the nomination is backed by ...

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As long as people have been visiting the Great Barrier Reef, they've been obsessed with it. Under the shimmering turquoise waters of Australia's east coast is a labyrinth of alien-like ...

It’s my first time snorkelling this far north, on Mackay Reef, two hours from Port Douglas by boat, and I am way out of my comfort zone. I prefer navigating city streets over the great outdoors ...

The Great Barrier Reef, stretching over 2,300 kilometers off the northeastern coast of Australia, is one of the most vibrant and diverse ecosystems on the planet. This UNESCO World Heritage Site not ...

"A validated model is crucial for assessing reef interventions and management strategies and giving insights into how reefs might fare under various climate scenarios," said lead author Sophia ...

Stromatoporoid sponges were major reef builders during the Paleozoic era, playing a foundational role in forming reef structures—much like modern corals do today. Their significance peaked from the ...