News
Death-row dingoes plan blocked
A controversial plan to cull goats using introduced dingoes on a small Great Barrier Reef island has been blocked.
Tag: Great Barrier Reef
Science & Environment
We have almost certainly blown the 1.5-degree global warming target
Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ already looks out of reach, so where do we go from here?
Science & Environment
Survey: two-thirds of Great Barrier Reef tourists want to ‘see it before it’s gone’
The ailing health of the Great Barrier Reef may be attracting more tourists, at least in the short term, with a survey showing many visitors were motivated to see it while they still have the chance.
News
WWF to buy $100k shark fishing licence
Conservation group WWF-Australia is raising $100,000 to buy – and retire – a Great Barrier Reef shark fishing licence.
News
2500 coral reef experts plead for better management of Great Barrier Reef
“The damage to this Australian icon has already been devastating.”
Wildlife
Rare photos of blacktip reef sharks ‘beaching’
A lucky photographer captured these amazing photos of blacktip reef sharks beaching themselves in pursuit of a school of bait fish.
News
Coral bleaching gene discovered
Scientists have pinpointed a gene in some algae that provides vital new insight into the mechanism of coral bleaching.
Wildlife
Saving Nemo: how climate change threatens anemonefish and their homes
The recent severe bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef has also affected anemones, which provide homes for clownfish.
Science & Environment
Synchronised sex
The annual mass coral spawning is one of the highlights of the Great Barrier Reef’s biological calendar.
Science & Environment
Great Barrier Reef bleaching almost impossible without climate change
This summer’s record-breaking coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef was made 175 times more likely thanks to climate change.