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Southwest Pacific Hit By Unprecedented Marine Heat Waves In 2024: United Nations
Unprecedented heat waves in the Southwest Pacific affected more than 10% of the global ocean surface in 2024, damaging coral reefs and putting the region's last remaining tropical glacier at risk of extinction, the UN's weather body said on Thursday.
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Will Surging Sea Levels Kill The Great Barrier Reef? Here's What Might Help
In the 20th century, global sea level rose faster than at any other time in the past 3,000 years. Its expected to rise even further by 2100, as human-induced climate change intensifies.
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What Makes The Great Barrier Reef Stand Out For Every Traveller
Stretching over thousands of kilometres, the Great Barrier Reef is a sight to behold! Here's what makes this place a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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Once A Jewel, Australia's Ningaloo Reef Now Faces Coral Bleaching Crisis
Australia's Ningaloo Reef, one of the world's longest near-shore coral reefs and a UNESCO World Heritage-listed site, is showing alarming signs as the coral has lost its natural colour.
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Man, Fishing With Family In Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Killed In Shark Attack
A shark has attacked and killed a 40-year-old pastor who was fishing with his family in the waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, officials and local media said.
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Long-Lost Sea Creatures, That Disappeared 70 Years Ago, Make A Comeback
The worms were found coexisting with the seahorses in coral colonies from Australia to Japan.
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Hidden Heat-Tolerant Corals Can Save Great Barrier Reef, New Research Shows
Just as individual humans handle stress differently, so do corals. Even coral colonies of the same species, growing side by side, vary in their tolerance to pressures such as heatwaves.
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Explained: What Is Coral Bleaching And How It Impacts The World
The world is currently experiencing the second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida at risk of dying following months of record-breaking ocean heat, a US agency announced Monday.
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World On Brink Of 4th Mass Coral Reef Bleaching Event: US Agency
The world is on the verge of a fourth mass coral bleaching event which could see wide swathes of tropical reefs die, including parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said.
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El Nino Could Imperil Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Australia's Great Barrier Reef could deteriorate if warming ocean temperatures spark another mass coral bleaching event later this year, the country's top marine science body said Wednesday.
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Parts Of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Show Highest Coral Cover In 36 Years
Two-thirds of Australia's Great Barrier Reef showed the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years, but the reef remains vulnerable to increasingly frequent mass bleaching, an official long term monitoring programme reported on Thursday.
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Video: "Satellite Selfie" From Space Shows Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, stretching for more than 2,300 kilometres along the northeast coast of Australia.
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91% Of Great Barrier Reef Suffers Coral Bleaching Following Heatwave In Australia
A prolonged summer heatwave in Australia left 91 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef's coral damaged by bleaching, according to a new government monitoring report.
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Great Barrier Reef Suffering "Mass Bleaching", Says Australia
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is suffering a "mass bleaching event" as coral comes under heat stress from warmer seas, authorities said Friday.
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Great Barrier Reef Suffers "Widespread" Coral Bleaching, Again
The Great Barrier Reef has again been hit with "widespread" bleaching, authorities said Friday, as higher-than-average ocean temperatures off Australia's northeast threaten the already struggling World Heritage site.
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Southwest Pacific Hit By Unprecedented Marine Heat Waves In 2024: United Nations
Unprecedented heat waves in the Southwest Pacific affected more than 10% of the global ocean surface in 2024, damaging coral reefs and putting the region's last remaining tropical glacier at risk of extinction, the UN's weather body said on Thursday.
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Will Surging Sea Levels Kill The Great Barrier Reef? Here's What Might Help
In the 20th century, global sea level rose faster than at any other time in the past 3,000 years. Its expected to rise even further by 2100, as human-induced climate change intensifies.
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What Makes The Great Barrier Reef Stand Out For Every Traveller
Stretching over thousands of kilometres, the Great Barrier Reef is a sight to behold! Here's what makes this place a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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Once A Jewel, Australia's Ningaloo Reef Now Faces Coral Bleaching Crisis
Australia's Ningaloo Reef, one of the world's longest near-shore coral reefs and a UNESCO World Heritage-listed site, is showing alarming signs as the coral has lost its natural colour.
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Man, Fishing With Family In Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Killed In Shark Attack
A shark has attacked and killed a 40-year-old pastor who was fishing with his family in the waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, officials and local media said.
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Long-Lost Sea Creatures, That Disappeared 70 Years Ago, Make A Comeback
The worms were found coexisting with the seahorses in coral colonies from Australia to Japan.
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Hidden Heat-Tolerant Corals Can Save Great Barrier Reef, New Research Shows
Just as individual humans handle stress differently, so do corals. Even coral colonies of the same species, growing side by side, vary in their tolerance to pressures such as heatwaves.
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Explained: What Is Coral Bleaching And How It Impacts The World
The world is currently experiencing the second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida at risk of dying following months of record-breaking ocean heat, a US agency announced Monday.
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World On Brink Of 4th Mass Coral Reef Bleaching Event: US Agency
The world is on the verge of a fourth mass coral bleaching event which could see wide swathes of tropical reefs die, including parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said.
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El Nino Could Imperil Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Australia's Great Barrier Reef could deteriorate if warming ocean temperatures spark another mass coral bleaching event later this year, the country's top marine science body said Wednesday.
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Parts Of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Show Highest Coral Cover In 36 Years
Two-thirds of Australia's Great Barrier Reef showed the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years, but the reef remains vulnerable to increasingly frequent mass bleaching, an official long term monitoring programme reported on Thursday.
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Video: "Satellite Selfie" From Space Shows Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, stretching for more than 2,300 kilometres along the northeast coast of Australia.
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91% Of Great Barrier Reef Suffers Coral Bleaching Following Heatwave In Australia
A prolonged summer heatwave in Australia left 91 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef's coral damaged by bleaching, according to a new government monitoring report.
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Great Barrier Reef Suffering "Mass Bleaching", Says Australia
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is suffering a "mass bleaching event" as coral comes under heat stress from warmer seas, authorities said Friday.
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Great Barrier Reef Suffers "Widespread" Coral Bleaching, Again
The Great Barrier Reef has again been hit with "widespread" bleaching, authorities said Friday, as higher-than-average ocean temperatures off Australia's northeast threaten the already struggling World Heritage site.
