Scientists are continuing to call for urgent climate change action as a new study reveals the extent of the damage wrought by the 2016 bleaching event.
A recent outbreak of coral bleaching in NT waters has scientists concerned for the territories marine ecosystems.
Is the planet’s worst environmental catastrophe already underway in the waters off the Queensland coast? Australian Geographic investigates the future of the Great Barrier Reef.
During their search for ‘super corals’ in the northern Great Barrier Reef, scientists have discovered a new species of branching coral.
Scientists from the Sea-quence Project have applied the same technology used in human genome sequencing to coral genome sequencing, producing spectacular results.
All the major bleaching events, reports and debates surrounding Australia’s most unique ecosystem, gathered into a comprehensive list.
A 21-day research exhibition conducted by the Great Barrier Reef Legacy, partly funded by tourism company, the Northern Escape Collection will seek to identify corals that best coped with bleaching events that occurred across the northern parts of the Great Barrier Reef.
Genetically-modified corals or ‘super corals’ have received plenty of hype, but scientists say this is not the answer to coral bleaching.
As the Great Barrier Reef suffers a second wave of mass bleaching, there is a way to get involved.
New aerial surveys reveal two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered severe bleaching for the second time in just 12 months.