coral Archives

Great Barrier Reef assessed as having ‘critical conservation outlook’ by IUCN

Rising temperatures, shrinking glaciers, wildfires and droughts are now the biggest danger to Earth’s natural heritage sites including the Great Barrier Reef.

Science & Environment

The new Great Barrier Reef ambassadors

An innovative training program for tourist operators on the Great Barrier Reef could be crucial to the survival of the World Heritage treasure.

News

We just spent two weeks surveying the Great Barrier Reef. What we saw was an utter tragedy

The Australian summer just gone will be remembered as the moment when human-caused climate change struck hard.

Science & Environment

In pictures: coral spawning on Lord Howe Island

Following the new year full moon, mass coral spawning occurred in the Lord Howe Island lagoon in January.

Science & Environment

What it will take to rescue the Great Barrier Reef

Justin Gilligan joins scientists on an expedition to the far northern Great Barrier Reef to witness the annual mass coral spawning spectacle and to look for ways to help this ecosystem under pressure.

Science & Environment

‘Beautiful coral’ discovered on the New South Wales Central Coast

A threatened species of coral, thought to be restricted to Port Stephens, calls the Central Coast home.

News

No baby corals: coral reproduction on the Great Barrier Reef falls 89 per cent

The severe and repeated bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef has not only damaged corals, it has reduced the reef’s ability to recover.

Science & Environment

How the 2016 bleaching transformed the northern Great Barrier Reef

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.