The Great Barrier Reef is vast and spectacular. But repeated mass coral bleachings, driven by high ocean temperatures, are threatening the survival of coral colonies which are the backbone of the reef.
High coral cover amid intense heatwaves and bleaching? Here’s how both can be true on the Great Barrier Reef.
Does last summer’s mass coral bleaching event sound a death knell for Australia’s beloved Great Barrier Reef? “Not on my watch!” is the message coming from the army of heartbroken, but resolute, marine scientists who’ve responded to the crisis by doubling down on their research.
The fifth mass coral bleaching event in eight years has been confirmed on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR).
It turns out the same climate change forces contributing to coral bleaching have also taken a toll on the trees that inhabit Queensland’s tropical rainforests.
Great Barrier Reef bleaching occurred on over 90 per cent of reefs this summer, report reveals
Severe bleaching has affected 80 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef since 2016, new research shows.
Rising temperatures, shrinking glaciers, wildfires and droughts are now the biggest danger to Earth’s natural heritage sites including the Great Barrier Reef.
Southern parts of the reef, spared during the 2016-2017 back-to-back bleaching events, haven’t been so lucky this time around.