Video: “Satellite Selfie” From Space Shows Great Barrier Reef
The photo was captured by the satellite from 550 kilometres above the reef.A breathtaking video shot by a satellite from space shows Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in 4K resolution. The…
“Extremely Rare Encounter”: Video Shows Baby Oarfish Swimming On Great Barrier Reef
Seeing an oarfish in a shallow reef is “really incredible”.An incredible video of a young oarfish swimming on the Great Barrier Reef has been captured in Australia. The clip was…
91% Of Great Barrier Reef Suffers Coral Bleaching Following Heatwave In Australia
Of the 719 reefs surveyed, 654 showed some level of coral bleaching (File)Australia: A prolonged summer heatwave in Australia left 91 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef’s coral damaged…
Great Barrier Reef Suffering “Mass Bleaching”, Says Australia
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system, stretching for over 2,300 km (File)Sydney: Australia’s spectacular Great Barrier Reef is suffering “mass bleaching” as corals lose their…
Australia Announces Billion-Dollar Package To Protect Great Barrier Reef
A recent study found bleaching had affected 98 percent of the reef since 1998 (File)Sydney: Australia unveiled a billion-dollar package to protect the climate-ravaged Great Barrier Reef on Friday, hoping…
Great Barrier Reef Will Survive If Warming Kept To 1.5 Degrees: Study
Study found corals adapted to have higher heat threshold if they survived previous bleaching event.Sydney: A study released on Friday by an Australian university looking at multiple catastrophes hitting the…
Can Little Fluffy Clouds Save Australia’s Great Barrier Reef? Scientists Think So
The Great Barrier Reef is world’s largest coral reef ecosystem. (File)Sydney: To slow the speed at which high temperatures and warm waters bleach the corals of the Great Barrier Reef,…
Australia To Challenge UNESCO Downgrade Of Great Barrier Reef
Australian government had itself downgraded Great Barrier Reef’s long-term outlook to “very poor” (File).Brisbane: Australia will strongly oppose a UNESCO plan to list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”…
Silicon Valley billionaires want to geoengineer the world’s oceans
By Mark Harris Ocean alkalinity enhancement could save the Great Barrier ReefInaki Relanzon/naturepl.com SOME of the world’s richest people are funding research that could use the oceans to combat climate…