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 ...

We don’t know yet. If they could, some version of the Great Barrier Reef might survive. But if global warming continues unchecked, these reefs, too, could feel the heat.

When the Great Barrier Reef experienced back-to-back bleaching in 2016 and 2017, Dr. Henley and colleagues wondered what kind of temperatures it had weathered before records were kept.

California has a network of 124 Marine Protected Areas, which is the second-largest MPA network in the world behind Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The ocean is essential to life on Earth.

If temperatures warm by 3°C, the researchers found that the Great Barrier Reef could surpass 30°C. This has already been established as an important threshold for corals as this is the ...

A full review of the Great Barrier Reef’s management by the Federal Government has been requested by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee at its 47th session in Paris. The body declared Australia ...

SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Australia has to take swift action to protect the Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, amid significant threats from industrial projects as a February ...