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Disclosure statement. Jon Day previously worked for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority between 1986 and 2014, and was one of the Directors at GBRMPA between 1998 and 2014.

Learning from the 'proto–Great Barrier Reef' The 15 to 20-meter cores underpinning this research comprise a mix of fossil coral, algae and sediments.

It draws from a geological time capsule of fossil reef cores, extracted from the seabed under the Great Barrier Reef. The findings suggest rapid sea level rise in isolation did not spell the end ...

Marine Physicist Peter Ridd says alarmism on the Great Barrier Reef’s ruin has been “exaggerated”. Mr Ridd told Sky News host Andrew Bolt that the death of the Great Barrier Reef has been ...

Although the Great Barrier Reef survived sea level rise roughly 11,000 years ago, the world was very different back then. Coral reefs faced less stress from human impacts.

The Great Barrier Reef has been nominated for a global environmental award in a world-first — but for those closest to the natural wonder, it’s already won.

It reveals how the Great Barrier Reef in northern Australia responded to a dramatic rise in sea level some 13,000 to 10,000 years ago. A hotly debated event.

Taronga’s CryoDiversity Bank has 34 species of the approximately 400 kinds of hard corals on the Great Barrier Reef. PHOTO: AFP. UPDATED Jun 04, 2025, 08:37 PM. Thanks for sharing!