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Coral kill-off on the Great Barrier Reef is worse than ever before
Sydney (AFP) - A mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef this year killed more corals than ever before, with more than two-thirds destroyed across large swathes of the biodiverse site,...
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The damage done when corals die is even worse than scientists previously thought
When the water in the sea gets warmer, corals can get stressed, causing them to release their photosynthesizing algae in a process called bleaching — so-called because the coral turns white. This is...
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The Great Barrier Reef has reached a 'terminal stage' of damage
Back-to-back severe bleaching events have affected two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, new aerial surveys have found. The findings have caused alarm among scientists, who say the proximity...
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The Great Barrier Reef has lost 29% of its coral — and current efforts can't...
The Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved by existing plans to protect the ecological site, experts have warned, saying that efforts should shift to a lesser, backup plan of maintaining the reef's...
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The world's oceans are in even worse shape than we thought
Two new studies show that the world's oceans are in dire straits — even more than scientists previously thought. One study found that coral bleaching events, which can kill reefs, are now happening...
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Half of the Great Barrier Reef has died since 2016 — here's what happens if...
Since 2016, coral bleaching events have killed off approximately half of the Great Barrier Reef, the largest and most extensive reef system in the world. The heat and acidity devastating the Great...
View ArticleThe terrible things that would happen if all the coral reefs died off
We're currently facing the worst bleaching of coral reefs ever known in history, but what would happen if all the coral reefs died off? We've already lost 50% of the world's coral, and we're at risk...
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Australia is going to spend $379 million trying to save the Great Barrier Reef
The Australian government has pledged A$500 million ($379.10 million) in funding to the Great Barrier Reef. UNESCO considered putting it on the "in danger" list last year due to recent widespread...
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Half of the Great Barrier Reef has died since 2016 — but Australia's $400...
Half of the coral reefs that make up Australia's Great Barrier Reef have been killed off by searing heat waves that caused coral bleaching events in 2016 and 2017. The Australian government is...
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Coral reefs provide crucial protection for coastal cities — without them,...
Coral reefs provide essential protection for people who live near coasts all over the world, according to a recent study. But reefs are dying because of the consequences of human activity, especially...
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Hawaii is about to ban some of the most popular sunscreens because they could...
Hawaii just became the first US state to ban the sale of certain kinds of chemical sunscreen that may damage coral reefs. The two banned chemical names are oxybenzone and octinoxate. Mineral blockers...
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Up to 50% of the world's coral has died, but scientists are figuring out how...
Corals might look like curious oddities — the strange organisms are animals but have the appearance of plants out of a science-fiction universe. But these animals are essential to the health of the...
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A starfish is killing the Great Barrier Reef — so Google funded an underwater...
Australian scientists have built an underwater robot to protect the Great Barrier Reef. The RangerBot will be able to identify predatory crown-of-thorns starfish and kill them without damaging the...
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'The saddest dive of my life': A diver's before-and-after photos reveal the...
As greenhouse-gas emissions continue to concentrate in the atmosphere and heat up the planet, the oceans are warming faster than ever. That's devastating for coral reefs, since warmer temperatures...
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Scientists reproduced Atlantic coral in a laboratory for the first time....
Scientists at the Florida Aquarium reproduced coral from the Atlantic Ocean in a lab for the first time. They mimicked the natural conditions that signal corals to reproduce, like sunsets and moon...
View ArticleThe Great Barrier Reef is at a critical tipping point and could disappear by...
The Great Barrier Reef is at a critical tipping point that will determine its long-term survival. On August 30, an Australian government report downgraded the reef's future outlook from "poor" to...
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A giant 'blob' of hot water more than twice the size of California threatens...
A 386,000-square-mile chunk of the Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand is about 10 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than average.Sudden spikes in sea temperatures are called marine heat waves, and they can be...
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We've put the heat equivalent of 3.6 billion Hiroshima bomb explosions into...
Last year, ocean temperatures were the highest they've been since scientists started keeping track in the 1950s.According to a new study, the oceans have absorbed the heat equivalent of 3.6 billion...
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All coral reefs could die by the end of the century, new research shows....
New research reveals the dire threat that climate change poses to coral reefs, one of the most important ecosystems in the world.Within 20 years, 70-90% of coral reefs will likely die. By 2100, there...
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