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The northern and central Great Barrier Reef have recorded their highest amount of coral cover since the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) began monitoring 36 years ago. However ...
In the north of the reef, coral cover usually fluctuates between 20% and 30%. Currently, it’s at 36%, the highest level recorded since monitoring began more than three decades ago.
The amount of coral in some areas of the Great Barrier Reef is at its highest in 36 years, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Marine Science.. From August 2021 to May 2022 ...
New report on Great Barrier Reef shows coral cover increases before onset of serious bleaching, cyclones. Story by Science X staff • 10mo.
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system. Gif: Australian Institute of Marine Science/Gizmodo The bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef is one of the most upsetting examples ...
One of the most serious marine heatwaves on record hit the Great Barrier Reef last summer. Now a new report shows that coral cover was high before the impacts of cyclones and mass bleaching.
After volunteers removed suffocating seaweed from sections of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, coral cover expanded dramatically in just a few years. These photos show the same part of the reef ...
Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk ...
Even as President Trump calls for slashing the funding of NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, reefs are dying just a ...
This coral polyp lives as a loner and can even — very slowly — walk. Without legs. New video reveals details of its locomotion. B.M. Lewis et al/PLOS One 2025 () ...
Sandals Resorts and its philanthropic arm, the Sandals Foundation, have announced an expansion of the company’s coral restoration efforts across the Caribbean, with new programs in The Bahamas ...