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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 ...

Australia boasts plenty of superlatives when it comes to its natural landmarks. The Great Barrier Reef, the world's biggest coral reef system on the north-east coast, is rightly recognised as a Unesco ...

An "unprecedented" mass bleaching event has been recorded off Australia's western coast, scientists said Wednesday, turning huge chunks of a celebrated reef system a sickly dull white. A months-long ...

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MELBOURNE, Australia — The United Nations issued a dire alert Monday, warning that many of the world’s coral reefs could die as soon as 2040 as a result of climate change. Already, warming waters have ...

Bleaching happens when corals are stressed by increased temperatures. One of the world's most cherished natural wonders -- the Great Barrier Reef -- has suffered a widespread sixth bleaching event, ...

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When Peter Harrison logs into a virtual meeting room one morning to discuss his life’s work, he is doing so while in the field. He is on a research vessel near Hook Island, one of the Whitsunday ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's environment minister said Tuesday her government will lobby against UNESCO adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered World Heritage sites, arguing that ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's Great Barrier Reef is spawning in an explosion of color as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening coral bleaching episodes.