The hard version of coral polyps produces limestone that is used to form layer after layer of a rigid coral skeleton. Groups ...

The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef ... underwater ecosystems formed primarily by colonies of tiny ...

Officials with the Australian government-run Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority said Friday ... our special places and the plants and animals that call them home." ...

The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing one of the worst coral bleaching events in history, with rising ocean temperatures, pollution, and climate change driving the widespread loss of its vibrant ...

Aerial surveys conducted by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Australian ... the best chance of survival for the planet and animals that call it home, for the 64,000 people whose ...

A new study of the Great Barrier Reef has revealed that the network of no-take marine reserves supplies nearly half of the region's coral trout fishery catch. A new study of the Great Barrier Reef ...

the Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority said in its annual report. Bleaching in 2016, 2017 and 2020 damaged two-thirds of the coral. Coral bleaches as a response to heat stress and scientists hope ...

Putting the Great Barrier Reef on the endangered list would create pressure on the Australian government to reduce planet-warming emissions and to take more aggressive steps to combat marine ...

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 ...

Marine scientists have found part of the Great Barrier Reef has recorded its highest amount of coral cover in nearly four decades, although they warn the reef’s rehabilitation could unwind ...

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which oversees efforts to preserve and protect the reef, said a widespread bleaching event is unfolding that is “consistent with patterns of heat ...

according to Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Researchers from Melbourne University and other universities in Australia, in a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature, were able to ...