Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

A bid to win a coveted UN prize for the Great Barrier Reef is gaining international support after the campaign video clocked ...

A drop in shipping emissions has caused a surge in warming at the Great Barrier Reef, fuelling calls for drastic actions such ...

The Great Barrier Reef is world famous—it's the largest coral reef system in the world and home to tens of thousands of species. No wonder it is World Heritage listed.

The bleaching was heartbreaking for researchers and volunteers trying to save the reefs—and an existential threat to the third-largest barrier reef in the world.

Environmental Threats The Great Barrier Reef is facing several environmental threats that are putting the world's largest coral reef system at risk.

As climate change heats ocean water around coral reefs, scientists in Florida race to haul coral to safety in gene-bank tanks before they go extinct.

New research has revealed alarming coral mortality rates of 92% after last year's bleaching event at Lizard Island on ...

New research reveals significant transformations in fish communities on the Great Barrier Reef, the World's largest coral reef ecosystem.

NOAA's Coral Reef Watch alert system shows that many areas in and around the Great Barrier Reef are undergoing bleach alerts of varying degrees on their scale, which ranges from 1 to 5.

After Hurricane Iris decimated the coral reef at Laughing Bird Caye National Park in 2001, many wrote off the UNESCO World ...

During that time, between 2016 and 2024, the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem and one of the most biodiverse, suffered mass coral bleaching events.