The best way to get around the Great Barrier ... Virgin Australia Airlines, Jetstar Airways and Qantas. From Hamilton Island, you can easily hop on a plane or boat to explore the reef's ...

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

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 ...

Australia on June 22, 2014. 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 ...

Life on the Great Barrier Reef is ... benefits to humans and coral reef ecosystems. New research from an international team of marine scientists from the U.K. and Australia and led by researchers ...

Severe mass bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef had previously been observed in 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2022. The 2022 bleaching was the first during a La Niña event, El Niño’s ...

A team of Australian scientists found that bleaching on Australia's great barrier reef has reached catastrophic levels.

Covering nearly 133,000 square miles (345,000 square kilometers), the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef, home to more than 1,500 species of fish and 411 species of hard corals.