To say that the Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef may be understating things; the Australian government notes that it is "the only living organic collective visible from Earth's ...

Major bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef and elsewhere in 1997-98 was linked to a severe El Niño year and record-high sea-surface ... the promise of an underwater paradise teeming with life ...

As we dive deeper into the findings, it becomes clear that without immediate action, this magnificent underwater ... remain high for too long. The Great Barrier Reef has already experienced ...

To peer into the reef’s past, researchers drilled rock cores and used underwater sonar to reconstruct the previous locations of the Great Barrier Reef ... Alex George will discuss how he used ...

“Forty-one per cent of the 162 inshore and mid-shelf reefs surveyed recorded medium to high bleaching prevalence.” Simon Miller, Great Barrier Reef Campaigner at The Australian Marine ...

Wreckage from an Australian WWII aircraft has been discovered deep underwater on the Great Barrier Reef. The Royal Australian Air Force said the plane was used to fight the Japanese in 1942 when ...

In 2016 and 2017, marine heat waves caused by climate change resulted in mass bleaching, which killed about half of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef, along with many others around the world.

Is visiting the Great Barrier ... of the reef. Quicksilver was a great choice for him! He spent the whole day buzzing around the pontoon between the semi-submersible boat, the underwater ...

Key Events: This is the Great Barrier Reef's wet season, with average daytime temperatures in the north hovering in the high 80s. Intermittent tropical downpours are common, meaning water ...

The Great Barrier Reef is suffering its second bleaching event in as many years, with the marine park authority reporting corals in distress due to an underwater ... to cope with high temperatures.