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Scientists successfully genetically sequence whole coral organism
Scientists from the Sea-quence Project have applied the same technology used in human genome sequencing to coral genome sequencing, producing spectacular results.
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Science & Environment
Breakdown: the state of the Great Barrier Reef in 2017
All the major bleaching events, reports and debates surrounding Australia’s most unique ecosystem, gathered into a comprehensive list.
Science & Environment
Feeling helpless about the Great Barrier Reef? Here’s one way you can help
As the Great Barrier Reef suffers a second wave of mass bleaching, there is a way to get involved.
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Great Barrier Reef suffers severe bleaching for second year running
New aerial surveys reveal two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered severe bleaching for the second time in just 12 months.
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Urgent action needed to save the reef while we still can, scientists warn
The Great Barrier Reef is at risk of being damaged beyond repair with mass bleaching underway for the second year running, according to new research published today.
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New world-first plan says only 10 per cent of reefs to survive past 2050
A world-first plan to choose 50 of the most critical coral reefs to save was launched today.
Science & Environment
How much coral has died in the Great Barrier Reef’s worst bleaching event?
Two-thirds of the corals in the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef have died on in the reef’s worst-ever bleaching event, according to the latest underwater surveys.
Science & Environment
Third global bleaching event took its toll on WA’s super-corals
Western Australia’s super-corals are adapted to high temperatures, but even they didn’t escape the recent bleaching event unscathed.