Climate and Environment The Great Barrier Reef is being battered by climate change, and it might only get worse “It’s not something that might happen in the future.

The current condition of coral on the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland, March 7, 2022.The Great Barrier Reef has again been hit with "widespread" bleaching ...

The Great Barrier Reef, a global treasure and the largest coral reef system on Earth, has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching event ever recorded. Spanning over 344,000 square kilometers ...

Scientists in Australia have observed unprecedented coral bleaching across the world's largest reef system. In a new study, ...

In 2018, the Australian Government committed $1.9 billion — $1.4 billion U.S. dollars — as part of the Reef 2050 Plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef. According to the park authority, the ...

Parts of the Great Barrier Reef have recorded their highest levels of coral cover since the 1980s, but scientists say climate change could undo the recovery.

Human-caused climate change is causing an "utter tragedy" to one of the world's largest coral reef systems, according to Australian researchers. The current bout of coral bleaching on the Great ...

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.

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering another mass bleaching event, the reef’s managers confirmed Friday, the result of soaring ocean temperatures caused by the global climate crisis and ...

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 report by the Australian Institute of Marine Science ...

According to a new study, the number of new corals settling on the Great Barrier Reef declined by 89 percent after recent bleaching events. It can take a decade or longer for even the fastest ...