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Jan. 14, 2025 — Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes in the face of climate change and other human-caused pressures, a new study reveals. From food security to controlling ...
Great Barrier Reef sees record levels of coral despite climate fearmongering June 09, 2025 - 9:15PM Marine Physicist Peter Ridd slams the misinformation pushed on the Great Barrier Reef’s ...
Marine Physicist Peter Ridd slams the misinformation pushed on the Great Barrier Reef’s inevitable destruction. Mr Ridd argues that there has been a huge exaggeration of climate change ...
David Attenborough told Prince William how he nearly drowned during his first dive down to the Great Barrier Reef in 1957 thanks to faulty scuba gear.
Derelict Queensland island resorts that were once playgrounds for the rich and famous are facing a state government takeover, amid frustrations they have been used for land banking.
Hidden in the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, this magical island is one of the only places on Earth where you can swim with manta rays and turtles in their natural habitat.
Coral Reefs. Image by Openverse. One of the most spectacular synchronized breeding events on Earth occurs on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Once a year, typically after the full moon in late ...
A global coral bleaching event has been unfolding since 2023, spreading to 84 per cent of the world’s reefs, across the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans. Live coral cover has halved since the 1950s ...
SYDNEY — Rows of tanks filled with liquid nitrogen sit in temperature-controlled chambers at Sydney's Taronga zoo, cradling parts of the Great Barrier Reef's diverse and magnificent corals frozen in ...
In the 20th century, global sea level rose faster than at any other time in the past 3,000 years. Its expected to rise even further by 2100, as human-induced climate change intensifies.
Since the coral programme began in 2011, Taronga’s CryoDiversity Bank has been intruding annually on the Great Barrier Reef’s spawning, when corals send eggs and sperm into the waters for ...
Rows of tanks filled with liquid nitrogen sit in temperature-controlled chambers at Sydney's Taronga zoo, cradling parts of the Great Barrier Reef's diverse and magnificent corals frozen in time.