Despite its importance, the Great Barrier Reef faces a number of threats, including climate change, pollution, and overfishing. Scientists are working to better understand these threats and ...

Climate change is decimating the likelihood of survival for a large portion of the world's coral reefs, according to new ...

Along Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef, curious visitors can witness an innovative new coral restoration project and help scientists monitor its success.

The research emphasizes the importance of effective measurement and integrity in offsetting strategies to counterbalance industrial pollution, particularly from sewage treatment plants, for the health ...

QUT data scientists, as part of an international study, have developed an enhanced statistical method to monitor the quality ...

Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction – and climate change is the chief culprit, a ...

More information: Lara Shania Richards et al, The meteorological drivers of mass coral bleaching on the central Great Barrier Reef during the 2022 La Niña, Scientific Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038 ...

One of the world's natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef stretches more than 2000 kilometres in a maze of coral reefs and islands along Australia's north-eastern coastline. Now unfolding the ...

The best way to get around the Great Barrier Reef is by car or boat, depending on where you plan to spend the majority of your time. If you're on the mainland, renting a car is the best way to get ...

A global report into kelp forests has found they are under threat from climate change and conservationists are concerned the vital underwater ecosystems on Australia's coastline are not getting the ...