Tag: Great Barrier Reef Australia

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.

Scientists find that humans, and likely the entire animal kingdom, share important genetic mechanisms with a Barrier Reef sea sponge.

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

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

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.