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Extreme coral bleaching could spell worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef, authority says

Floods, cyclones, heat stress and predatory starfish contributing to impacts as fourth planet-wide bleaching event confirmed

Published: 16 Apr 2024
Aerial video shows mass coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef amid global heat stress event – video

Scientists have recorded widespread bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef as global heating creates a fourth planet-wide bleaching event

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Published: 16 Apr 2024
Global heating pushes coral reefs towards worst planet-wide mass bleaching on record

The percentage of reef areas experiencing bleaching-level heat stress is increasing by about 1% a week, scientists say

Published: 15 Apr 2024
Great Barrier Reef suffering ‘most severe’ coral bleaching on record as footage shows damage 18 metres down

Marine researcher ‘devastated’ by widespread event that is affecting coral species usually resistant to bleaching

Published: 11 Apr 2024

Aerial surveys of Great Barrier Reef ordered as flights show extensive coral bleaching

Helicopter flights over almost 50 reefs off the Queensland coast found bleaching in the south was “fairly uniform”

Published: 28 Feb 2024
Bleaching fears along 1,000km stretch of the Great Barrier Reef

Scientists are investigating reports of dying coral from Lizard Island in the north to Heron Island in the south

Published: 22 Feb 2024
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Published: 2 Feb 2024
Australia ‘on track’ with climate targets needed to protect Great Barrier Reef, Labor tells Unesco

Federal and Queensland governments are trying to convince UN body not to add the reef to list of world heritage sites in danger

Published: 1 Feb 2024

Fears back-to-back cyclones may have damaged Great Barrier Reef

Strong waves and sediment-laden freshwater pushed out from river catchments may have damaged parts of reef system, experts say

Published: 29 Jan 2024

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