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.

Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef is teetering on the brink, suffering one of the most severe coral bleaching events on record (AFP via Getty Images) Coral reefs, often called the ...

Last year, a fatal heat wave hit southern sections of Australia’s 1,400-mile Great Barrier Reef — threatening it with major fatalities for the first time. In 2016, a mass bleaching event hit ...

Great Barrier Reef bleaching. Image: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australian Institute of Marine Science, and CSIRO, 2025, Reef Snapshot: Summer 2024–25, Reef Authority, ...

New research shows that Australians care deeply about the Great Barrier Reef (GBR)—one of the Seven ... (33%), warming oceans (24%) and coral bleaching (34%). Of the 18 threats reported by ...