Narrator: This is the Great Barrier Reef, and it's dying ... warm ocean water causes coral to expel the symbiotic, colorful algae it needs to survive. Without this algae, the coral can't get ...

The Largest Living Structure on Earth Imagine something so vast that it's visible even from space—this is the Great Barrier ...

When the algae leaves, the coral is left without its main source of food and it turns white. When bleaching occurs, the corals turn white and lose their colour The Great Barrier Reef is a Unesco ...

Travelers can also enjoy an array of local brews at Cairns' Barrier Reef Brewing Co. For those who plan to linger farther south in Townsville, Australian restaurants like A Touch of Salt ...

the algae perform photosynthesis, providing energy to the corals while benefiting from the nutrients produced by the corals The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system ...

In a new study, they track the rapid rate at which coral colonies in the Southern Great Barrier Reef faced bleaching ... the symbiotic algae living in coral tissue become overwhelmed and begin ...

“So the summer 23-24 has been quite a momentous one for the Great Barrier Reef. We've had continued ... The living coral expels the symbiotic algae so the coral turns white.