Reef saving efforts turn to Caribbean
University of Queensland researchers have been studying other coral systems to see how damage to the Great Barrier Reef can be averted.
View ArticleResearch flags devastating climate change impacts on Barrier Reef
A new study examining the effects of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef shows corals could start dissolving into the ocean within 100 years if nothing is done.
View ArticleQld marine researchers fear rising sea temperatures threaten clownfish
Queensland marine researchers say the clownfish is under threat because its habitat is being destroyed by rising sea temperatures.
View ArticleStudy finds climate change action needed to save Barrier Reef
Queensland researchers say a new study shows present climate change policies could decide the future of the Great Barrier Reef over the next century.
View ArticleJCU funding to help boost reef research
Scientists at James Cook University (JCU) in north Queensland have received more than $4 million for a range of projects including research into the Great Barrier Reef.
View ArticleStudy finds rising sea temperature puts heat on fish numbers
Queensland researchers have discovered, like humans, reef fish become lethargic in warmer conditions.
View ArticleUDIA backs sea level planning policy change
The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) says the Queensland Government's decision to remove predicted sea level rises from state planning policy will create more certainty.
View ArticleAbbot Point approval misses the point
What point is an environmental assessment processes if it misses out one of the most pressing environmental issues?
View ArticleClimate change gets the jump on snails
Ocean acidification may put an end to the fast getaway of the Great Barrier Reef's leaping snails.
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority approves plan to dump Abbot Point spoil
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has approved a proposal to dump dredge spoil from the Abbot Point coal terminalexpansion in the marine park area.
View ArticleCitizen science sheds ray of light on prickly character
One of the reef's rarest creatures is the subject of crowdsourced research.
View ArticleBattle for the Reef
The Great Barrier Reef battle. Testing claims the Reef is at risk, and should be on the "in danger" list.
View ArticleMackay Botanic Gardens curator says farewell
After being involved in the Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens for the past 11 years, it is not hard to believe Dale Arvidsson when he says plants were his very first love.
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef: Green groups say 2050 plan does nothing to address...
Conservation groups unite in their criticism of the Reef 2050 plan designed to protect and save the Great Barrier Reef, labelling it a wishlist that contains no action on climate change.
View ArticleAerosols blasted into atmosphere could save coral reefs from climate change...
A Queensland scientist proposes blasting aerosols into the atmosphere as a way of protecting coral reefs from the effects of climate change.
View ArticleFinding Nemo on Great Barrier Reef proves difficult for researchers
Finding Nemo is proving to be more difficult nowadays after a new study revealed the number of sea anemones and anemone fishes found on the Great Barrier Reef is low.
View ArticleMarine scientists planning for 'one of the worst' coral bleaching events
Scientists across Australia are preparing for what could be the most damaging coral bleaching event in history.
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef: Significant funding boost needed to hit water quality...
Targets to improve water quality in the Great Barrier Reef will be difficult to meet without more funding and an overhaul of governance and policy, a Queensland Government taskforce says.
View ArticleAdani's Galilee Basin mine caught up in legal blocking tactics, Queensland...
Queensland's resources council says it does not accept that Australia's largest proposed coal mine in the Galilee Basin may not go ahead.
View ArticleBarrier Reef coral bleaching labelled 'major and significant' as Attenborough...
Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef is "major and significant", the Federal Environment Minister says. His comments come as naturalist Sir David Attenborough declares the reef in "grave danger".
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef could lose more than a quarter of coral to bleaching...
Corals in the Great Barrier Reef have developed a protective mechanism to survive past bleaching events, but more than a quarter of the reef may lose this mechanism with temperature rises of as little...
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef: Only 7 per cent not bleached, survey finds
Aerial and underwater surveys of the Great Barrier Reef by the National Coral Bleaching Taskforce find 93 per cent of the reef is affected by bleaching.
View ArticleEnvironment ministers hold 'heated' phone hook-up on climate change, Great...
In a heated late-night phone conference with state and territory environment ministers, Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt delivers a vigorous defence of the Government's climate change policies.
View ArticleTour operator refuses to take Greens senators to Barrier Reef, fears bad...
A tour operator in Cairns says he refused to take Greens senators to view coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef because negative publicity is detrimental to the local industry.
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef: Report warns next term of government will seal its fate,...
The fate of the Great Barrier Reef will be sealed by the next term of government, the Climate Council of Australia warns both Labor and the Coalition, calling for a tougher temperature target of 1.5...
View ArticleCoal shipping not the main threat to the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland...
Stopping shipping through the Great Barrier Reef is not an option for an exporting state like Queensland, the State Government says.
View ArticleAlpha coal mine legal case could set 'important precedent' with global...
A landmark legal case against the proposed Alpha coal mine in central Queensland is to hear the project should not go ahead on the grounds it could increase global warming.
View ArticleScientists conducting triage on the world's coral reefs
Scientists are working out which coral reefs are most at risk of bleaching, in order to focus their recovery efforts. They say annual bleaching could affect most coral reefs before 2050, even with the...
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef: Severe coral bleaching hits two-thirds of reef, aerial...
Two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef is now devastated by severe coral bleaching, with damage occurring further south this year, Queensland scientists say.
View ArticleWorld heritage reefs at risk of coral bleaching after heat stress exposure,...
Almost 75 per cent of world heritage coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef, have been exposed to heat stress that causes coral bleaching in the past three years, UNESCO says.
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef photos show 'striking' damage to coral after Cyclone Debbie
It could be a decade before the southern Great Barrier Reef recovers from the destruction caused by Cyclone Debbie, scientists say.
View ArticleQueensland Resources Council denies urging Great Barrier Reef experts to...
The Queensland Resources Council disputes documents that say they urged experts not to consider climate change while planning the response to coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef.
View ArticleBOM: Australia's hottest winter on record, maximum temperatures up nearly 2C...
Bureau of Meteorology reports Australia's hottest winter on record, with average maximum temperatures up nearly 2C on the long-term average.
View ArticleEnvironmentalists, scientists from the 1960s return to fight for Great...
Fifty years on from the first battle to save the Great Barrier Reef, conservationists and scientists say the fight is far from over as they revisit the site where the battle for the reef began.
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef recovery hopes buoyed by resilient 'source reefs'
Scientists identify a series of reefs less affected by bleaching events that could be used to replenish damaged sections of the Great Barrier Reef.
View ArticleGreen turtles in north Queensland are mainly all female and scientists are...
Almost the entire green turtle population in parts of the northern Great Barrier Reef is now female, and scientists are concerned about their future.
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef survived five climate change 'death events' but may not...
In the past 30,000 years, the reef endured sea level changes by migrating landward and back out to sea. But current climate change might be happening too fast for it to keep up.
View ArticleMassive study of ocean microbes to help predict climate change impact
Scientists say that marine microbes in the ocean could act as "canaries in the coalmine" for the impact of climate change.
View ArticleBarrier Reef Foundation grant 'unthinkable, mind-blowing', former board...
Myer dynasty philanthropist and former Great Barrier Reef Foundation board member Michael Myer's comments increase pressure on Malcolm Turnbull over a $444 million federal grant to the foundation.
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef Foundation took big business on snorkelling tour of...
Within weeks of learning it would receive a grant worth nearly half a billion dollars, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation treated mining and banking executives to a weekend of snorkelling and sunset...
View ArticleClimate change report warns of increased demand on emergency services in...
An increased risk of fire and flood across Queensland will put extra demand on emergency services and require a "significant financial commitment", a new climate change strategy warns.
View ArticleIPCC issues dire climate warning, says coal must go to save Great Barrier Reef
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns the world must virtually eliminate coal power stations by 2040, or face dire consequences including complete loss of the Great Barrier Reef.
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef Foundation aims to spend big, review climate change policy
The Great Barrier Reef Foundation, which was controversially awarded a $440 million grant by the Federal Government, is looking to raise almost double that to help the reef and will review its climate...
View ArticleQueensland's 'abnormal' bushfires linked to climate change
Scientists say bushfires are burning more intensely than they have before, the season is extending and heatwaves are getting worse. Their message? Climate change is changing fire in Australia, take...
View ArticleFrom rainforest to cinders: National park may take 'hundreds of years' to...
While parts of the Eungella National Park subtropical rainforest have been reduced to cinders, the community is determined to not let the fire win.
View ArticleFrom space, the ferocity of Queensland's bushfires is revealed
Satellite imagery and data captured over Queensland in recent weeks reveals not only the unprecedented nature of this natural disaster but also the incredible role firefighters played in protecting...
View ArticleClimate change, drugs and mental health regional youth speak out about the...
Climate change, drugs and mental health what do the next generation think are the most pressing issues facing regional Australians?
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef changes image from marine park to theme park with...
Underwater statues and submerged hotels are some of the latest attractions on the Great Barrier Reef, concerning an old-school dive operator.
View ArticleSeagrass nursery in central Queensland could offset carbon emissions
A seagrass nursery set up to propagate seeds to restore lost seagrass meadows could also be a tool to offset carbon emissions.
View ArticleQueensland must rapidly ditch coal-fired power to meet Australia's emission...
A leading science institute finds Queensland must move more quickly towards renewable energy and away from coal-fired power by 2030 to meet its share of the nation's emissions reduction targets.
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