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

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

The study details the devastating toll of the Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event. The team assessed the impact of the ...

The Great Barrier Reef Foundation, a charity conservation organization, commissioned the 90-page analysis, with support from the Great Barrier Marine Park Authority and National Australia Bank.

Barely a month passes without a news headline claiming that the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is imperilled by climate warming.

Chemical analysis of coral skeletons reveals unprecedented warming trend that could spell disaster for the iconic reef. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is ‘transforming’ because of repeated ...

Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef reached the highest they’ve been in 400 years over the past decade, ... we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls.

Scientists have warned that the planet crossed the global boundary for ocean acidification around the year 2020, according to a new study.

Australian scientists said Wednesday that they had found a widespread decrease in coral cover in southern parts of the Great Barrier Reef. Researchers have just completed a routine annual ...

When the Great Barrier Reef experienced back-to-back bleaching in 2016 and 2017, Dr. Henley and colleagues wondered what kind of temperatures it had weathered before records were kept.

The Great Barrier Reef is the most extensive coral reef system on Earth. It is home to a phenomenal array of biodiversity , including more than 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 ...

Mass coral bleaching has occurred on the Great Barrier Reef in 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024 and now 2025. Scientists have found global warming is driving up the frequency and severity ...