Lizard Island in the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches over 1,400 miles along Australia’s east ...

Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian researchers say, and they fear the rest of it has suffered a similar fate.

Covering nearly 133,000 square miles (345,000 square kilometers), the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef, home to more than 1,500 species of fish and 411 species of hard corals.

The Remoora pontoon, owned by Reef Magic, sits above a section of the Great Barrier Reef near Moore Reef in Gunggandji Sea Country off the coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 14, 2022.

Half of the Great Barrier Reef’s coral has disappeared since the mid-1980s. Though the Great Barrier Reef’s coral formations still inspire awe, they are only about half as numerous as they ...

The Great Barrier Reef and surrounding waters have reached hotter temperatures over the past decade than they have in at least 400 years because of climate change, according to new research ...

Obviously, The Great Barrier Reef can’t handle 50-100% higher global warming by 2030, and who knows how badly it’ll impact the Amazon and Antarctica and Arctic permafrost and Greenland.

Coral cover has increased in all three regions on the Great Barrier Reef and is at regional highs in two of the three regions, according to a new report. But the results come with a note of caution.

Cycle of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef now at 'catastrophic' levels Study reveals impact of bleaching on the southern reef in 2024 Date: January 21, 2025 Source: University of Sydney ...

A study published on Wednesday revealed that the Great Barrier Reef experienced its highest ocean temperatures in 400 years over the past decade, raising alarms about its future survival amid ...