An American multi-national cruise line with a dirty track record illegally dumped 6000 litres of food waste into the Great ...

A cruise ship spilled thousands of gallons of liquid food waste in the Great Barrier Reef in August, according to an ongoing investigation by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority -- potentially ...

The Great Barrier Reef is widely believed to be facing climate peril, but Queensland University has uncovered genetic secrets ...

Australia is creating a new multi-million dollar project to save the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, according to an Agence France-Presse article published in Phys.org. The ...

The most sophisticated modeling to date forecasts that, under the current global emissions pathway, the Great Barrier Reef ...

Great Barrier Reef, Australia (CNN) — As the early-morning sun rises over the Great Barrier Reef, its light pierces the turquoise waters of a shallow lagoon, bringing more than a dozen turtles to life ...

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has again raised grave fears for the future of the Great Barrier Reef, highlighting the problems of water pollution, climate change and unsustainable fishing. The ...

Deeper parts of the threatened Great Barrier Reef are protected against climate change, a new study has found—but they won't be for long. If climate change continues, researchers from the universities ...

Scientists are sounding an alarm after a new study finds coral reef temperatures have reached their highest in at least four centuries, per an article published in the New York Times. According to the ...

In context: Located off the coast of Queensland, Australia, the Great Barrier Reef is the world's most expansive coral reef system, spanning more than 2,300 kilometers and comprising 2,900 individual ...

New research reveals the Great Barrier Reef is on track to be almost wiped out by the end of the century under current trajectories, but scientists say there is a narrow path to survival.