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Just 2% of the Great Barrier Reef remains untouched by bleaching since 1998 and 80% of individual reefs have bleached severely once, twice or three times since 2016, our new study reveals today.

Just 2% of the Great Barrier Reef remains untouched by bleaching since 1998 and 80% of individual reefs have bleached severely once, twice or three times since 2016, our new study reveals today.

Environmental group claims politics trumped the truth, as move to list the Reef as ‘In Danger’ is defeated at Friday night meeting.

The federal government has opposed a recommendation by a United Nations body that the Great Barrier Reef be listed as “in danger”.

The Australian government on Tuesday expressed shock at a draft decision to list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”. But the recommendation has been looming for some time.

Proposed Central Queensland Coal Mine is only 10km from Reef and could threated important habitats, conservationists say.

More than 2,600 coral fragments are being attached to a web of 165 hexagonal, sand-coated frames to form a healthy area of new reef.

Tourism industry, marine scientists and ordinary Australians are collaborating to survey the entire reef.

Scientists recently confirmed the Great Barrier Reef suffered another serious bleaching event last summer - the third in five years. Dramatic intervention to save the natural wonder is clearly needed.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: As Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise - an outcome supported by government policy - the continued downward trajectory of the Great Barrier Reef is inevitable.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The future of the Great Barrier Reef is in the hands of Australians, and it will take all of us to preserve it for our children. Lend a hand...

ANALYSIS & OPINION: The extreme marine heatwave in 2016 killed two-thirds of the corals along a 700km stretch of the northern Great Barrier Reef, from Port Douglas to Papua New Guinea. It was a game-changer for the reef and for how we manage it.

"The overall outlook for the Great Barrier Reef is poor, has worsened since 2009 and is expected to further deteriorate,” says latest government report.

The Great Barrier Reef and Uluru are getting less tourist attention and the Australian War Memorial is now named among the top 25 global tourist destinations.

Leonardo DiCaprio has spoken of the devastation he's witnessed on the Great Barrier Reef, as the World Heritage Committee meets to consider its status.

Six paintings printed on aluminium will be on display at an underwater art exhibition on the Great Barrier Reef.

A live 12-hour interactive show about the Great Barrier Reef, featuring underwater tweets and footage from divers, is being broadcast on YouTube. Watch the video below.

Data is being used to prioritise crown-of-thorns starfish control and to understand more about the Reef and its diverse range of habitats.

Aussie scientists find that a year of no pressures from heat stress or cyclones is helping the iconic landmark to rejuvenate.

Minister is meeting Unesco officials and other ‘concerned’ countries as Government rages at a possible In Danger listing for iconic landmark.

Officials say they are ‘stunned’ after a Unesco backflip that sees the Great Barrier Reef singled out for an ‘in danger’ listing.

State’s newly announced $2-billion investment in renewable energy will tackle climate change, which is the greatest threat to the Reef’s future.

The twin stress factors of ocean warming and acidification increasingly threaten coral reefs worldwide, but relatively little is known about how various climate scenarios will affect coral reef growth rates.

The Morrison government’s plan to halve the cost of up to 800,000 air tickets for interstate travellers is a rescue package of sorts for Australia’s tourism industry.

Scientists worry that warmer seas off the coast of WA are causing its coral reefs to bleach. Great Barrier Reef is not at risk at the moment.

Reef is separate from the Great Barrier Reef and is almost as tall as the famous Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

This is the first time international experts have been able to investigate life on the Great Barrier Reef at such great depths.

MP and envoy for Australia’s great natural wonder is concerned that spending cuts will lead to further damage for Great Barrier Reef.

The survey took a combined effort of several organisations, together with tour operators more used to taking tourists, but with time spare during the coronavirus lockdown.

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Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia is considered Australia’s family friendly alternative to the Great Barrier Reef. Explore the reef at your own pace while you watch frolicking dolphins and whales.

When we think of Australia’s threatened corals, the Great Barrier Reef probably springs to mind. But elsewhere, coral species are also struggling – including a rare type known as “cauliflower soft coral” which is, sadly, on the brink of extinction.

South Australia’s iconic mountain range has been nominated for a Tentative listing and could eventually join the Great Barrier Reef and others.

Australia offers a lot of beautiful scenery, bustling cities, and exciting places to visit. Here it is possible to experience things that simply don’t exist elsewhere, like the Great Barrier Reef. But what is the best way to explore it all?

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The April 22nd Google Doodle focuses on Climate Change and the way the world has changed over the last few years in different regions of the world.

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