Tuesday, 22 February 2011 (539 reads) Murky freshwater runoff from Australia's worst flooding in decades is adding to stresses from pollution and warming seas on the Great Barrier Reef, one of the world's most fragile ecosystems |
Wednesday, 24 November 2010 (723 reads) International marine scientists say that a huge coral death which has struck Southeast Asian and India Ocean reefs over recent months has highlighted the urgency of controlling global carbon emissions. |
Monday, 21 December 2009 (685 reads) Center for Oceans Solutions has released a video report highlighting potential impacts of an increase in global ocean temperatures by a mere 2 degrees celsius. |
Thursday, 23 April 2009 (929 reads) Marine scientists say they are astonished at the spectacular recovery of certain coral reefs in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park from a devastating coral bleaching event in 2006. |
Wednesday, 8 April 2009 (933 reads) Reef researchers will use artificial intelligence to better monitor and understand the Great Barrier Reef. |
Tuesday, 10 March 2009 (838 reads) Being a bit fat may spell the difference between life and death if you’re a coral facing a bleaching crisis. |
Friday, 23 January 2009 (1110 reads) Tougher regulations on farm chemicals are needed following rain that caused up to one million megalitres of pollution to spew onto the Great Barrier Reef, environmentalists say. |
Tuesday, 13 January 2009 (783 reads) When a reef starts to lose its stunning array of colours, the scenario is akin to a marriage heading for a bitter divorce. |
Tuesday, 21 October 2008 (806 reads) Scientists have discovered rare corals breaking the traditional rules of nature and cross-breeding their way out of extinction. |
Saturday, 18 October 2008 (744 reads) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has urged global leaders to hold the course on climate change as he acknowledged the financial crisis would make it harder to strike an international agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions. |
Thursday, 9 October 2008 (900 reads) Farmers may face tougher regulations after a report found agricultural run-off was killing the Great Barrier Reef, with some sections already irreversibly damaged. |
Wednesday, 8 October 2008 (793 reads) When reef fish get a mouthful of sand, coral reefs can drown. That’s the latest startling evidence to emerge from research into the likely fate of reefs under climate change and rising sea levels, at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS). |
Monday, 29 September 2008 (842 reads) IN A move that will test the Rudd Government's climate credentials, Australia's leading climate scientists have written an open letter to the Prime Minister urging him to impose deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions and back a tough global agreement that will avoid dangerous climate change. |
Tuesday, 23 September 2008 (869 reads) THE Australian Institute of Marine Science has begun using one of the world's first reef-based internet protocol networks to monitor the impact of destructive forces on the Great Barrier Reef. |
Monday, 22 September 2008 (793 reads) Beyond climate change, the acidification of the world's oceans is the "gorilla in the cupboard" which could lead to "a marine Armageddon", two science writers have claimed. |
Monday, 1 September 2008 (950 reads) There are grave doubts that the Great Barrier Reef can continue to attract tourists worth $6 billion-a-year to Queensland, a coral specialist told the International Riversymposium in Brisbane this afternoon. |
Tuesday, 15 January 2008 (882 reads) The Great Barrier reef is at risk of several coral health problems, including coral bleaching caused by high temperatures. Tourists, holidaymakers, divers and tour operators have been invited to become 'citizen scientists' and help with a major health check-up for Australia's Great Barrier Reef. |
Saturday, 13 October 2007 (1044 reads) The Great Barrier Reef has been put on notice by climate change. Will it die, will it adapt, or will it even dissolve? John van Tiggelen wades into the debate over the reef’s future. |
Monday, 21 May 2007 (738 reads) Speaking of material girls, Australian twins Margaret and Christine Wertheim have devised a novel, woolly way to focus attention on the impact of climate change on the Greta Barrier Reef |
Monday, 14 May 2007 (764 reads) There's more crochet than lace and doilies, with two Australia sisters launching a project to crochet coral reefs as a homage to the Great Barrier Reef. |
Wednesday, 9 May 2007 (795 reads) Climate change is accelerating damage to vulnerable coral reefs, scientists say. |
Thursday, 3 May 2007 (698 reads) The beauty and magnificence of Hayman Island was beamed out across the US last month as American's ABC network broadcast live from the island as part of their Earth Day celebrations |
Thursday, 15 March 2007 (769 reads) Owner of Hayman Island, Mulpha Australia, are the patrons of the new national campaign, which will instigate scientific research projects aimed at protecting the Great barrier Reef against climate change. |
Tuesday, 27 February 2007 (832 reads) Research into protecting the Great Barrier Reef from climate change has a growing and powerful coaliation of backers from the big end of town. |
Friday, 23 February 2007 (817 reads) A new campaign to save the Great Barrier Reef from climate change was launched in Sydney yesterday. |
Friday, 23 February 2007 (757 reads) A NEW national campaign to save the Great Barrier Reef from the effects of climate change was launched in Sydney yesterday. The ZooX Fund will provide money to scientific research projects investigating the effects of global warming on the reef's fragile ecosystem. |
Wednesday, 14 February 2007 (819 reads) Three of Australia's top business leaders have joined the fight to save Queensland's Great Barrier Reef |