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Great Barrier Reef should be placed on world heritage ‘in danger’ list, UN-backed report says

Experts from Unesco and IUCN find climate change threatens reef’s values and work to improve water quality is too slow

The Guardian - AU · Nov 28, 2022

Record heat over Great Barrier Reef raises fears of second summer of coral bleaching

‘This does not bode well,’ reef scientist says, as highest November temperatures reached since 1985

The Guardian - AU · Nov 25, 2022

Scientists discover five new species of black corals living thousands of feet below the ocean surface near the Great Barrier Reef

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The Conversation · Nov 23, 2022

Divers delve deep to draw the Museum of Underwater Art on the Great Barrier Reef

They say the best way to take up a new hobby is to jump in the deep end, and a group of divers in north Queensland has done just that — delving 16 metres below the waves to draw under water.

ABC News · Nov 14, 2022

At least 700,000 years ago, the world's largest sand island emerged as the barrier that helped the Great Barrier Reef form

Scientists had always been puzzled why the Great Barrier Reef formed long after Australia had conditions suitable for reef growth. It turns out the answer might be K'gari (Fraser Island).

The Conversation · Nov 14, 2022

Ancient sand reveals age of K'gari (Fraser Island) and how it helped form Great Barrier Reef

Ancient sand reveals the age of K'gari and how the world's largest sand island — along with the Great Barrier Reef — may have been shaped by a dramatic shift in global climate.

ABC News · Nov 14, 2022

Fraser Island’s formation over 1m years ago was critical to development of Great Barrier Reef, study reveals

Scientists say the world’s largest sand island helped create clearer water conditions for reef growth

The Guardian - AU · Nov 14, 2022

Researchers believe K'gari shaped reef

Scientists believe K'gari formed between 0.7 and 1.2 million years ago and its formation allowed the development of the southern and central Great Barrier Reef.

AAP · Nov 14, 2022

Coal projects in Great Barrier Reef catchments approved without environmental impact statements

Environmental groups call on Queensland government to end exemptions, with six mining ventures already given green light

The Guardian - AU · Nov 11, 2022

Cane farmers on Great Barrier Reef adopt irrigation automation to fix rising groundwater, prevent run off

These cane growers hope automated irrigation can slow decades of rising groundwater and prevent runoff from flowing onto the Great Barrier Reef.

ABC News · Nov 8, 2022