Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef suffered its biggest ever decline last year after a marine heatwave bleached vast swathes of hard coral, a new report has found.

New Australian government report finds coral decline across the reef due to ‘climate change-induced heat stress’.

According to Al Jazeera, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) said on Wednesday that it surveyed the health of the reefs between August 2024 and May 2025 and found the "most spatially ...

The Great Barrier Reef endured its most extensive coral bleaching on record in 2024 due to soaring ocean temperatures, according to a new Australian government report. The bleaching, primarily ...

Marine biologists have deployed drones to document the world’s highest death rates of corals in the tropical waters off Lizard Island, on the Great Barrier Reef.

The Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, according to a new Australian government ...

"There's been a bit of research [on the Great Barrier Reef] for fish, but for corals, we really didn't have a good understanding," she said.

A towering coral reef has emerged from the depths of Australia’s northern waters, reshaping what scientists thought they knew about the ocean floor. Rising 500 meters from the seabed—taller ...

The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches over 1,400 miles along Australia’s east coast, is bigger than the United Kingdom, ...

Australia has again been given a six-month warning to avoid the Great Barrier Reef being placed on the World Heritage Committee's "in danger" list, with the UN body warning its long-term outlook ...

A drop in shipping emissions has caused a surge in warming at the Great Barrier Reef, fuelling calls for drastic actions such as marine cloud brightening to lower the risk of coral bleaching ...

‘Won’t survive’: Australia ‘falling short’ of Great Barrier Reef management goals Politicians have been served a major wake-up call when it comes to the management of one of the world ...