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 ...

The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) announced that bleaching-level heat stress has impacted more than 80% of the world's coral reefs in the fourth global coral bleaching event.

Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed “rainforests of the sea" — approximately 25% of all marine species can be found in, on and around coral reefs.

Bleached coral dies when exposed to heat stress for too long, threatening the bountiful marine ecosystem that depends on it ...

The approval of Santos’ Barossa gas project poses a grave threat to one of Australia’s most important marine environments and ...

An underwater photographer working on the Great Barrier Reef says widespread bleaching has left her “heartbroken”, but ...

Last week's televised debate between Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton confirmed what many voters already suspected: Dutton ...

Feb. 12, 2025 — Researchers are designing a global real-time monitoring system to help save the world's coral reefs from further decline, primarily due to bleaching ... Great Barrier Reef's ...

The second coral bleaching event in as many years is a major threat to the reef, and a wildcard for the major parties ...

Australian scientists have reported the sixth mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef since 2016. In a ...

The one thing no one ever tells you about the Great Barrier Reef is how noisy it is. As soon as I duck my head under the ...

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