Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg describes the Great Barrier Reef as "the Manhattan of marine ecosystems”. Coral reefs are vitally important nursery grounds for fish and other marine life.

In 2016 and 2017, marine heat waves caused by climate change resulted in mass bleaching, which killed about half of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef, along with many others around the world.

The Great Barrier Reef's ... knock-out punch' Amazing facts and one terrible truth about coral reefs Unesco's World Heritage Committee is due to consider adding the reef to its list of sites ...

Cruise companies have been called on to “clean up their act” by local conservationists and tourism operators concerned about the impact of liners on the Great Barrier Reef. A “massive ...

The annual coral spawning event, triggered by the November full moon, sees the Great Barrier Reef’s magnificent corals burst into life in an underwater ‘snowstorm’ by releasing trillions of ...

Bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270km (167 miles) north of the city of Cairns, Australia [File: David Gray/AFP] Published On 19 Nov 202419 Nov 2024 ...