Australia’s 1,640-foot tall coral reef reveals a hidden ocean landscape taller than the Empire State Building

A detached reef discovered off Cape York in October 2020 rises more than 500 meters, with its summit about 40 meters below ...
Voice of America

Scientists Create New Map of the World’s Coral Reefs

Using satellite technology and sophisticated machine learning, a team led by marine experts in Australia have created new maps of the world’s coral reefs. The scientists discovered there are more ...
Mongabay

More than 1,000 uncharted coral reefs mapped in vast, understudied northern Australia

Scientists have layered hundreds of satellite images to reveal more than 1,000 previously uncharted coral reefs in the turbid waters of northern Australia. The number is comparable to the Great ...
SpaceNews

NASA Begins Study of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

A NASA airborne mission designed to transform our understanding of Earth’s valuable and ecologically sensitive coral reefs has set up shop in Australia for a two-month investigation of the Great ...

Australian coral reefs face risk of collapse within 50 years without drastic action, global assessment finds

Every shallow-water coral reef ecosystem in Australia faces an extremely high risk of collapse by 2075, driven largely by ...
Yahoo

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef devastated by worst coral bleaching on record, new report finds

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parts of Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef, famed for its stunning colors and biodiversity, suffered the biggest decline of ...
SpaceNews

Great Barrier Reef, Australia As Seen From Space

This satellite image, acquired by the Landsat-8 satellite on 23 August 2013, takes us off the east coast of Australia where currents swirl in the water around corals. The Great Barrier Reef is the ...
CNN

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers ‘extensive’ coral bleaching, as scientists fear seventh mass bleaching event

The southern Great Barrier Reef is suffering from extensive coral bleaching due to heat stress, the reef’s managers said Wednesday, raising fears that a seventh mass bleaching event could be unfolding ...
CNN

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef hit once more by mass coral bleaching

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering another mass bleaching event, the reef’s managers confirmed Friday, the result of soaring ocean temperatures caused by the global climate crisis and ...
NBC News

Australia's Great Barrier Reef hit by fifth mass bleaching event in eight years

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is experiencing yet another mass coral bleaching event due to heat, the country’s government confirmed Friday. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which ...
The Conversation

Beyond the Barrier Reef: Australia’s 3 other World Heritage reefs are also in trouble

The Great Barrier Reef is world famous – it’s the largest coral reef system in the world and home to tens of thousands of species. No wonder it is World Heritage listed. But Australia has three lower ...