New data shows coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef is at a record high, despite a disturbing decade of marine heatwaves, cyclones and floods. While the data is robust, it can be deceptive.
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They’re more used to taking visitors to the reefs, but COVID-19 gave tour operators time to help check the condition of the corals. What they found doesn’t bode well.
Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef could lead to increased vulnerability of Queensland coastal cities and towns, and not only through its impacts on the tourism industry.
In colonial times Australia’s waters were teeming with mud oysters that provided food, cement, and cleaned the oceans. Now a 20-hectare man-made reef aims to restore some of their former glory.
The ocean warming that might increase the threat of a catastrophic storm could also create the conditions for a natural defensive barrier.
As the Great Barrier Reef suffers a second wave of mass bleaching, there is a way to get involved.
A groundbreaking new economic study has found that investing A$8.2 billion would get us very close to hitting targets to cut water pollution into the Great Barrier Reef by 2025.
All mention of Australia has been removed from an international report on climate change on the grounds that it would damage tourism. Here’s the evidence.
Banning fishing helps fish, but it also helps reef recover from cyclones, disease, and coral bleaching.
To fix pollution on the Great Barrier Reef, some farming practices will have to change.
Many corals can’t make it through the bleaching events caused by warming ocean waters. But some can – and scientists are trying to learn more about the sources of their resilience.
Despite 15 years of concerted action by the Australian and Queensland governments the health of the reef is not improving and in fact may be continuing to deteriorate.
Diving in many parts of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia now costs a little more than it used to – but you might be happy to discover why.
The Great Southern Reef covers 71,000 square km and contributes more than A$10 billion to Australia’s economy each year.
Scuba-diving scientists devise method for gauging the health of coral reefs – a vital ecosystem for keeping fisheries sustainable for people.
Dredging has a direct impact on coral health, according to a study published today in PLoS ONE that shows for the first time the link between dredge spoil and coral disease in the wild. The research, led…
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has announced it will allow the dumping of three million cubic metres of dredge spoil from the Abbot Point port redevelopment within the marine park’s boundaries…
Sydney marine ecologists have successfully restored specimens of crayweed (Phyllospora comosa) on a barren reef at Long Bay…
After decades of work, A$200 million in taxpayer funding and even more from farmers’ pockets, we finally have a rare good news story to tell about the Great Barrier Reef. Thanks to an extraordinary effort…
A new species of giant clam on reefs in the Solomon Islands and Ningaloo in Western Australia has been discovered. Researchers…
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Professor, Program Director of Stretton Institute, Program Director of Environment Insitute, University of Adelaide
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Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Professor, James Cook University
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Emeritus Professor of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Canberra
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Senior Principal Research Scientist - Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
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Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Distinguished Professor, James Cook University
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Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University
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PhD candidate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Emeritus Professor Water Science, Monash University
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Manager International Partnership and Coordinator of the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Postdoctoral fellow, Bangor University
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Coral Reef Ecologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
