But climate change makes it less likely that the Great Barrier Reef will catch such a break. Already, it has suffered four mass bleaching events since 1998, and climate models project that the ...

Coral reefs worldwide, including the Great Barrier Reef, have faced severe damage from recent bleaching events caused by ...

Human-caused climate change is causing an "utter tragedy" to one of the world's largest coral reef systems, according to Australian researchers. The current bout of coral bleaching on the Great ...

The Great Barrier Reef should be added to the list of world heritage sites that are “in danger”, a team of scientists concluded after conducting a mission to the world’s largest coral reef ...

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its sixth massive bleaching event as climate change has warmed the ocean, raising concerns over whether one of the world’s natural wonders is ...

Climate change poses the biggest threat to World Heritage sites, a United Nations body said this week. Among the one-third of such sites that are in trouble, a new report has listed the Great Barri… ...

Great Barrier Reef almost drowned; climate implications Pre-emptive attention to human impacts crucial ahead of sea-level rises Date: January 6, 2017 ...

"Despite concerted efforts and investments, the condition of the Great Barrier Reef has declined since 2014, and this is largely due to the impacts from climate change," the main scientist said.

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has lost 50% of its coral populations in the last three decades, with climate change a key driver of reef disturbance, a new study has found.

Researchers at the Australian Institute of Marine Science observed record coral regrowth this year along two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef’s expanse. It’s the largest growth in 36 years of ...

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority said it was the reef’s first bleaching event during a La Niña weather pattern, which is associated with cooler Pacific Ocean temperatures, and found 91 ...

The damage caused in recent years to the Great Barrier Reef by ocean heat waves has compromised the massive reef’s ability to recover, and climate change could make the problem more severe in ...