Climate change is the single biggest threat facing the Reef. What's happening? Temperatures are rising on our land and in our oceans, caused primarily by an increase of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

Jan 23, 2025 · 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.

The 2009 Reef Beat education series, climate change and the Reef, is an innovative teaching resource that includes activities and challenges to stimulate enquiring minds to discover all they can about climate change and its effects on our oceans and the Great Barrier Reef.

Oct 1, 2024 · Each series focuses on a different topic and includes posters, an activity book and, in some cases, videos. The education series covers a range of topics, including climate change, sea-country connection, sustainability, wetlands, threats to the Reef, biodiversity and more.

Climate change is the number one threat to the Great Barrier Reef. However, talking about climate change in a way that motivates action can be tricky. Here are some quick facts and tips to help community Reef protection champions navigate those reef–climate conversations.

Using the themes of Keep It Cool and Keep It Wild, children were asked to create posters about protecting the reef and rainforest from climate change, and to highlight simple actions people can take to improve environmental resilience.

Oct 26, 2023 · Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of severe weather events. It’s causing longer droughts and increased temperatures in some places and higher rainfall in others. Coastal regions like the Great Barrier Reef are particularly exposed to damaging cyclones, flooding and storms.

Jan 13, 2025 · Climate change is the greatest threat to the world’s coral reefs. Most coral reefs have already declined and are facing irreversible change. The action we take today will determine the Great Barrier Reef we know tomorrow.

an update on the impacts and threats of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef, following previous reports published by the Climate Council: ‘Climate change: A deadly threat to coral reefs’ (April 2017) and ‘Australia’s coral reefs under threat

the great barrier reef World heritage Area is one the most biologically diverse regions in the world. climate change is now recognised as the greatest long-term threat to the great barrier reef, with implications for nearly every part of the ecosystem.