A group of leading coral reef scientists says the Great Barrier Reef can be restored to its former glory, but only if climate change is addressed. James Cook University (JCU) scientists have ...

The Great Barrier Reef is comprised of more than 3,000 individual reefs stretching for 2,300km (1,429 miles). The ecosystem supports 65,000 jobs in reef tourism.

Captain James Cook found the reef when his ship broke down on top of it. Today, English adventurer Captain James Cook is credited with being the first Westerner to properly encounter the Great ...

New research has revealed alarming coral mortality rates of 92% after last year's bleaching event at Lizard Island on ...

Dead staghorn coral killed by bleaching on the northern Great Barrier Reef off the coast of ... 80 or 90 percent compared to 25 years ago," report co-author and James Cook University professor ...

Surveys conducted by scientists at Australia’s James Cook University and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority show that a summer of extreme heat has caused the reef, which is a World ...

The Great Barrier Reef’s waters started warming in December 2021 and exceeded “historical summer maximums.” It was hit by three distinct heat waves throughout the summer until early April ...

Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffered its worst mass coral bleaching in recorded history this year. More than two-thirds of the shallow water coral in a 435-mile long section of the northern ...

Warming waters from escalating climate change have caused coral bleaching in 91% of reefs surveyed along the Great Barrier Reef this year, according to new findings from an Australian government ...