Killing The Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef has been seriously damaged by too much ocean heat. According to University of Sydney: The damage is at catastrophic levels. And as stated by the National…
Coral Bleaching
Trouble Lurks Beneath the Surface of Ocean Conservation
by César Gaviria and Patti Harris BOGOTÁ – The ocean is our greatest natural resource. It provides half the planet’s oxygen, helps to feed half the world’s people, and, as…
Coral bleaching threatens 73 percent of world’s reefs
Record-breaking ocean temperatures have induced an ongoing mass bleaching event that puts almost three quarters of the world’s coral reefs at risk, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)…
Ocean Heat Pummels the Great Barrier Reef, Again
It’s never been so bad. The Great Barrier Reef, which is one of nature’s most iconic mosaics of biodiversity, is on the ropes because of extreme global warming. Coral bleaching…
Decade of Climate Breakdown Saw 14 per cent of Coral Reefs Vanish
Between 2009 and 2018, the continuous rise in sea temperature cost the world 14 per cent of its coral reefs – that’s more than the size of Australia’s reefs combined…
World could lose coral reefs by end of century, warns UN environment report
Every one of the world’s coral reefs could bleach by the end of the century, unless there are drastic reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has…
Saving The Amazon Reef
The Great Barrier Reef on the north-east coast of Australia which contains the world’s largest collection of coral reefs, has been the only reef which has been in the news…
Can Red Sea Corals Save The Worlds Reefs?
Hot water tolerant Red Sea corals could be the key to saving the worlds reefs. It will take an international effort to create the massive coral nurseries here in the…
‘The Coral Was Cooked’: 2016 Deadliest Year On Record For Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef suffered through the worst coral die-off in recorded history this year, scientists found, with unusually warm ocean water and record-setting bleaching eventskilling a stunning 90 percent of…
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