If you have time in your itinerary to plan a side trip to the Great Barrier Reef, it’s a worthy addition – after all, how often do you get a chance to visit one of the seven natural wonders of the ...

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Record-breaking ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching ...

Researchers behind a new study have warned that the Great Barrier Reef has reached catastrophic coral bleaching levels.

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 ...

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 ...

A new study reveals that life on the Great Barrier Reef is experiencing significant changes due to climate change and other ...

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.

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 ...