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Great Barrier Reef hit by worst coral bleaching on record
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered the worst coral bleaching on record. Both the northern and southern branches of the reef have been battered lately by tropical storms and the encroachment of invasive coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish, but heat stress driven by warming oceans is the primary cause, scientists told the BBC.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is being devastated by another mass bleaching event, officials have confirmed. It is the fourth time in six years that such severe and widespread damage - ...
Reef Authority chief scientist Roger Beeden said bleaching had been recorded at 300 sites from Cape Melville north of Cooktown to just north of Bundaberg. 'The results are consistent with what we ...
The Great Barrier Reef should be listed as being "in danger" and Australia should take "accelerated action at all possible levels" to tackle climate change, UN officials have said.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered another mass bleaching event - the third in just five years. Warmer sea temperatures - particularly in February - are feared to have caused huge ...
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has experienced another mass bleaching event, a sign of damage caused by warming sea waters, officials have said. It is the fourth time in six years that ...
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