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More frequent and intense marine heat waves will lead to coral bleaching as shown in this image.
Oceania

Future bleak for the Great Barrier Reef—Scientists

November 6, 2025

A very tough future is in store for the world’s largest coral system as temperatures continue to rise. That warning was issued this week by a team of scientists modeling the fate of the Great […]

Bleached table coral photographed at the Great Barrier Reef in April 2024.
Oceania

Is the Great Barrier Reef resilient or at risk?

February 27, 2025

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is in imminent danger from climate change. Or is it? Recent studies on the health of this wonder of the world, the largest coral reef system in the world, suggest that […]

Davies Reef at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia..
Oceania

Major shifts in fish species confirmed at the Great Barrier Reef

January 12, 2025

A new international study shows that the composition of species inhabiting the Great Barrier Reef has changed considerably from just a few decades ago. The changes are being attributed mainly to climate change and other […]

The waters surrounding Australia's Great Barrier Reef are the warmest they've been in 400 years.
Oceania

UNESCO should declare that the Great Barrier Reef is in danger—climate scientists

August 7, 2024

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is in danger and should be officially declared so, three climate scientists told reporters in a call this week. The danger stems from long-term ocean water temperature trends and […]

A school of rainbow runners swimming near an atoll in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawaii.
Global

Ocean no-fishing zones improve fishing success

August 6, 2024

Banning or heavily restricting fishing from certain areas actually enhances fishing nearby, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa said that a study of global marine protected areas, or […]

Reef systems everywhere are threatened by climate change-induced coral bleaching events.
Global

Coral bleaching events will get worse—study

July 3, 2024

Coral bleaching events are starting earlier, becoming more frequent, and are set to worsen over time, scientists are now warning. An assessment of recorded bleaching events, the climatic conditions that caused them, and future climate […]

A crown-of-thorns starfish eating coral at Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific.
Oceania

Great Barrier Reef rocked by summer of extremes

April 22, 2024

The 2023-2024 Southern Hemisphere summer was the “worst summer on record for the Great Barrier Reef” according to Australian authorities. High ocean temperatures and a vast coral bleaching event have hit most of the Great […]

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