The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system. It stretches over 2,300 kilometres along the coast of Queensland, Australia. Made up of nearly 3,000 reefs and 900 islands ...

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels ...

Marine scientists from the University of Sydney yesterday have published the first peer-reviewed study documenting “catastrophic” coral bleaching events at the southern Great Barrier Reef in ...

The World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef (GBR), considered the jewel in the crown of coral reefs worldwide and one of Australia's most significant ecological and tourism assets, has been ...

Scientists have found that coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef has reached "catastrophic" levels. More than 40% of corals monitored near an island in the southern reef were killed ...

Covering nearly 133,000 square miles (345,000 square kilometers), the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef, home to more than 1,500 species of fish and 411 species of hard corals.

In a new study, they track the rapid rate at which coral colonies in the Southern Great Barrier Reef faced bleaching and then death in 2024. Their alarming findings serve as a "wake-up call" for ...

Immediate global action on “ambitious climate and reduced emissions targets” are now needed to halt “catastrophic damage” to the Great Barrier Reef ... an immediate reality and urgent ...

For Will, a University of Sydney researcher stationed on a remote island on the Great Barrier Reef in 2007, the challenge was not finding the right spot — it was getting the love of his life to ...