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Coal mine rejection not broad precedent, says minister

Tanya Plibersek has defended her decision to block Clive Palmer's proposed coal mine in Queensland on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef.

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Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek blocks Clive Palmer's Central Queensland coal mine

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek cites national environmental laws as the reason for rejecting Clive Palmer's Central Queensland coal mine project.

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Top videos: Young spearfisher’s scary encounter with Barrier Reef shark

A young spearfisher has remarkably emerged unscathed after an encounter with a nippy shark in the Great Barrier Reef.

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Young boy savaged by shark as he tries to climb onto boat in horror scenes on family trip

Eight-year-old Manni Alam was ambushed by a shark which savaged him in front of his dad as he tried to scrambled onto a boat after proudly showing off his catch on the family fishing trip off the Great Barrier Reef

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After the flood: what an El Niño might mean for Australia’s ecosystems

Scientists are fearing the worst, predicting dangerous bushfire weather, fiercer heatwaves and severe coral bleaching across the Great Barrier Reef

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Queensland urged to end its ‘failing’ shark nets and drum lines program

Scientists call on government to replace lethal control measures amid criticism of its use of federal money at the Great Barrier Reef

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Australia’s marine parks are suffering. Here’s what we need to do

Australians are ocean-loving people, with most of us living a mere half-hour drive from the coast. But our marine parks are under threat.

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Scientists Successfully Freeze Great Barrier Reef Coral

Scientists working on Australia's Great Barrier Reef have successfully trialed a new method for freezing and storing coral larvae they say could eventually help rewild reefs threatened by climate change. Scientists are scrambling to protect coral reefs as rising ocean temperatures destabilize delicate ecosystems.

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Walking epaulette sharks on Great Barrier Reef's Lady Elliot Island 'genetically unique', study finds

Researchers are investigating the possibility that a population of epaulette sharks on Lady Elliot Island could qualify to be named as a new species.

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Great Barrier Reef 'coral nurseries' show early signs of success

Pieces of broken coral are being used to help regenerate the reef, but marine scientists say it's no substitute for action on climate change.

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Repairing gullies: the quickest way to improve Great Barrier Reef water quality

Back-to-back bleaching events have highlighted the critical threat that climate change poses to the Great Barrier Reef. But few people are aware of the network of gullies pumping out about half the sediment that is polluting reef water quality and threatening its World Heritage status.

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Reef bad boy could perish as climate warms

The crown-of-thorns starfish could go from villain to victim as climate change kills off its food source - the Great Barrier Reef.

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Sea urchins have invaded Tasmania and Victoria, but we can’t work out what to do with them

While crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef have long been ecological villains in the popular imagination, sea urchins have mostly crawled under the national radar – until now.

The Conversation

Heron Island research shows green sea turtle gender ratios in southern Great Barrier Reef

An island where 80 per cent of turtle hatchlings are born female is more of a level playing field when it comes to breeding than researchers initially feared.

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Qld Indigenous rangers win Earthshot prize

An Indigenous women's ranger program that aims to protect the Great Barrier Reef has won a million pounds in the Prince of Wales' Earthshot prize.

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Queensland’s Indigenous women rangers given Earthshot prize for protecting Great Barrier Reef

The group was awarded $1.8m and praised as an ‘inspiring women led program’ using First Nations knowledge to protect land and sea

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Female Indigenous rangers of the Great Barrier Reef win Prince William's Earthshot Prize

The Queensland Indigenous Womens Ranger Network is awarded 1 million pounds ($1.8 million) with the prize, which aims to encourage people to solve the world's environmental problems.

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Mount Ballow mountain frog faces extinction despite living in World Heritage rainforest

Like the Great Barrier Reef, scientists say the mountain frog's ecosystem is in a precarious position which could lead to a World Heritage "In Danger" classification.

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Plibersek’s ‘determination’ alone won’t save the Great Barrier Reef – here’s what needs to happen

And scientist Dr Peter Ridd from the IPA accuses the BoM and CSIRO of ignoring what he claims are the benefits of global heating

Fortune

The U.N. sys the Great Barrier Reef is in danger of disappearing

Climate change has already locked in an increase in global ocean temperatures.

Radio France Internationale

UN team says Great Barrier Reef should be on heritage 'danger' list

A United Nations-backed mission is recommending that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites.

Evening Standard

Australia’s government pledges to fight UN plans to classify Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’

The new Labor government said progress will be made on climate targets

The Conversation

We all know the Great Barrier Reef is in danger – the UN has just confirmed it. Again

You might be forgiven for thinking it’s Groundhog Day reading headlines about the Great Barrier Reef potentially being listed on the World Heritage “in danger” list. After all, there have been similar calls in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017.

Al Jazeera

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be on ‘in danger’ list: UN

Adding the Great Barrier Reef to UNESCO’s ‘in danger’ list could tarnish the heritage site’s allure for visitors.

Tribune News Service

Great Barrier Reef should be on UN’s list of endangered World Heritage sites, report says

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef is once again at risk of being categorized as endangered, after the United Nations reported ongoing threats to the natural wonder including pollution and climate-fueled bleaching.

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