The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's most breathtaking natural wonders. Stretching over 2,300 kilometres, the Reef's ...

Minister for the Environment Tanya Plibersek has said a mass bleaching event is unfolding on the Great Barrier Reef - the seventh since 1998. Aerial surveys conducted by the Australian Institute ...

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on the planet _ so large, in fact, that it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. (Jumbo Aerial Photography/Great Barrier Reef ...

The Great Barrier Reef has been seriously damaged by too ... region suffered the highest thermal stress ever recorded since satellite surveyance started in 1985. Only 3% of surveyed reefs were ...

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.

The best way to get around the Great Barrier Reef is by car or boat ... This mode of transportation doesn't include the breathtaking aerial views provided from a plane, but boats depart at ...

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 ...

One of these is the world-famous, UNESCO-listed Great Barrier Reef, which lies off the shore of Australia's northern province, Queensland. The world's largest coral reef (and the only living thing ...

Bleaching of the coral in the Great Barrier Reef, north-east Australia which is caused by global warming The Great Barrier Reef became a recognised area of ecological importance when it was ...

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 ...

“ Tropical regions are home to rich biodiversity and diverse ecosystems, including vital natural land types such as forests. There is a more consistent consensus that temperature increases in tropical ...