Learning from the 'proto–Great Barrier Reef' The 15 to 20-meter cores underpinning this research comprise a mix of fossil coral, algae and sediments. They reveal how the reef's previous ...

The reef is home to 1,500+ types of fish, 400 coral species, six kinds of sea turtles, and around 30 species of whales and dolphins—plus loads of tropical birds.

The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system. It stretches over 2,300 kilometres along the coast of Queensland, Australia. Made up of nearly 3,000 reefs and 900 islands, it is ...

The Great Barrier Reef is protected by a network of marine reserves designed to conserve its biodiversity. These reserves protect critical habitats for many species, including the coral trout, the ...

The Great Barrier Reef. This image, taken by the VIIRS sensor on the Suomi NPP satellite on August 19, 2017 uses the high resolution SVI 3, 2, and 1 bands, commonly referred to as “natural color” RGB.

A new study has awful news for the Great Barrier Reef. Located off the coast of Australia, this reef is one of the largest in the world. However, this world treasure is in dire need of help, as ...

To do this, they undertook the first high resolution regional ocean modelling of the Great Barrier Reef in a climate scenario known as Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5.

When measured carefully in a laboratory, skeletal core samples can provide high-resolution time steps showing climate markers, including sea surface temperatures and sea level changes. Henley's study ...

Waters surrounding the Great Barrier Reef are the hottest in centuries, research shows. If the trend continues, soaring temperatures could lead to the reef’s “demise.” ...

Ocean warming has repeatedly led to mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in the past 20 years, threatening its existence. Coral skeletons show that reef temperatures reached historical ...

The discovery was made by scientists from multiple institutions who used high-resolution drone imagery to monitor the reef near the Lizard Island. “At least 97 per cent of the corals had died ...

Mr Lamont said the current design of the robot prototype (main image) housed a high-resolution submersible camera with a macroscopic lens - basically a waterproof microscope - mounted at the end of a ...