AUSTRALIA'S 'RESPONSE PLAN' DRAFT CONTAINS NO NEW ACTION OR FUNDING

Great Barrier Reef Australia's 'response plan' draft contains no new action or funding... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF SCIENTISTS CONFIRM LARGEST DIE-OFF OF CORALS RECORDED

Since it last considered including the Great Barrier Reef on its list, the reef has undergone the worst bleaching event in recorded history... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF: THIRD FATALITY IN A WEEK AS BRITISH TOURIST DIES ON DIVE

A British man has died while diving on the Great Barrier Reef, the third death in three days among visitors to Australia's popular natural tourist attraction... READ MORE›

THE GREAT BARRIER REEF: A CATASTROPHE LAID BARE

Climate change is the greatest threat facing the Great Barrier Reef and other coral reefs around the world... READ MORE›

'IT'S A DEPRESSING SIGHT': CLIMATE CHANGE UNLEASHES GHOSTLY DEATH ON GREAT BARRIER REEF

While almost a quarter of coral has been killed on the Great Barrier Reef, it has been concentrated in the area north of Port Douglas... READ MORE›

HUGE CORAL REEF DISCOVERED AT AMAZON RIVER MOUTH

The Amazon is the world's greatest river, collecting water from an area over 7m sq km... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF CAMPAIGN: SCIENTISTS CALL FOR SCRAPPING OF COAL PROJECTS

Leading coral reef scientists are calling for coalmining and port developments in Queensland to be scrapped... READ MORE›

NASA SCANS GREAT BARRIER REEF TO FIND ANSWERS TO CORAL'S POOR HEALTH

According to Malthus, that will change the way coral reefs are studied... READ MORE›

WWF WORLDS RICHEST REEF SYSTEM COULD SOON SUCCUMB TO CLIMATE CHANGE

100 million of these reef-reliant peoples live in the Coral Triangle singled out in the report as richer in marine natural capital than anywhere else on earth... READ MORE›

LEONARDO DICAPRIO GIVEN RIVAL INVITATIONS TO VISIT GREAT BARRIER REEF

The Great Barrier Reef was hit hard by the global coral bleaching event this year... READ MORE›

LABOR TO BAN DREDGE SPOIL DUMPING IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE AREA

Poll Should the Abbott government legislate a ban on dumping dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef world heritage area?... READ MORE›

A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE›

SCIENTISTS RESORT TO ADVERTISING TO GET GREAT BARRIER REEF CRISIS IN QUEENSLAND PAPER

The ad comes as a survey revealed 93 percent of the Great Barrier Reef was affected by the bleaching... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF POLLUTERS FACE TOUGHER ACTION UNDER QUEENSLAND'S NEW GOVERNMENT

Labor government appoints statea??s first ever reef minister as it steps up plan to avoid the UN listing the ecosystem as a??in dangera??... READ MORE›

U.S. SAILS WARSHIP NEAR CHINESE-CLAIMED REEF IN SOUTH CHINA SEA

SENSITIVE AREA China claims most of the South China Sea, through which 5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF: UNESCO PUSHES FOR TREE-CLEARING CONTROLS

The reef suffered its world bleaching event on record this Australian summer, killing off 22 percent of its coral, according to government agencies... READ MORE›

An illegal Vietnamese vessel caught with shark fins endangered turtles is sunk in the Raja Ampat archieplago off the coast of West Papua, Indonesia on 10 February 2015... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA SENDS DIPLOMATS OUT TO DEFEND ITS ACTIONS

Fish swim over coral in the Great Barrier Reef, which the Australian government is lobbying to keep off the World Heritage Committee's in danger list... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT OFFERS JUNKETS TO JOURNALISTS

Great barrier reef lobbying australian government offers junkets to journalists... READ MORE›

MOST CORAL DEAD IN CENTRAL SECTION OF GREAT BARRIER REEF, SURVEYS REVEAL

The bleaching hitting the Great Barrier Reef is part of a global bleaching event, partly driven by a massive El Nino and climate change... READ MORE›

BARRIER REEF CORAL GENETICALLY ALTERED IN HOPE OF SURVIVING CLIMATE CHANGE

Aims is now looking at radical new ways of helping Great Barrier Reef corals deal with the rapid rate of warming and acidification of the oceans... READ MORE›

AMAZON RAINFOREST AND GREAT BARRIER REEF NEED BETTER CARE, SAY SCIENTISTS

Researchers said local management at each of the world heritage sites was worrisome and risked compounding the effects of climate change... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF PROTECTION ZONES HELP BOOST FISH STOCKS 'TO PRE-EUROPEAN TIMES'

About a third of the Great Barrier Reef's marine park is off limits to any kind of fishing... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF AT RISK FROM 'RUSHED' SEDIMENT DUMPING PLAN AT ABBOT POINT

Great Barrier Reef at risk from 'rushed' sediment dumping plan at Abbot Point... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF SPECIES MORE AT RISK FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS STUDY

The largest study to date on the impacts of climate change on marine biodiversity found that many species would cope by finding new waters... READ MORE›

TONY ABBOTT UNVEILS PLAN TO SAVE GREAT BARRIER REEF

We're making our position clear right around the world this is a number one priority of the Australian government to protect the Great Barrier Reef... READ MORE›

MASS CORAL BLEACHING NOW AFFECTING HALF OF AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF

Hughes said this was by far the worst bleaching event to have hit the Great Barrier Reef... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA LOBBYING TO STOP GREAT BARRIER REEF MAKING 'IN DANGER' LIST

Australia lobbying to stop Great Barrier Reef making 'in danger' list... READ MORE›

DEVASTATING GLOBAL CORAL BLEACHING EVENT COULD HIT GREAT BARRIER REEF NEXT

The big problem with that is that coral reefs need time to recover... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA ON ALERT FOR POTENTIAL OIL SPILL OFF GREAT BARRIER REEF

Other agencies, AMSA, the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection and Maritime Safety Queensland are also on standby... READ MORE›

A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF, KAKADU AMONG WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF 'SIGNIFICANT CONCERN'

Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu among World Heritage sites of 'significant concern' IUCN... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA ACTING WITH 'RENEWED VIGOUR' ON GREAT BARRIER REEF

The Greens said the report would fail to allay the concerns of the world heritage committee, maintaining the government's approach was business as usual ... READ MORE›

24 HOURS ON THE CLIMATE CHANGE FRONTLINE AS TRUMP BECOMES PRESIDENT - AS IT HAPPENED

Global Warning 24 hours on the climate change frontline as Trump becomes president - as it happened... READ MORE›

THE 10 SPECIES MOST AT RISK FROM CLIMATE CHANGE

Species such as the hawksbill turtle are dependant on coral reefs which are bleaching and dying with climate change... READ MORE›

BEST BEER IN THE WORLD? BELGIAN BEER LATEST ADDITION TO UNESCO'S LIST OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

After being nominated by one or more countries, a new entry usually takes about two years to make it to the cultural heritage list... READ MORE›

IN GRAVEYARD OF DEAD CORAL IN PACIFIC, HOPE AND LIFE BLOOM

WASHINGTON AP -- In a ghost town of dead coral off a remote Pacific island, scientists have found a bit more life... READ MORE›

SWELTERING 2016 TO BE THE HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD, UN SAYS

Another record, WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a statement in Marrakesh, Morocco, where almost 200 nations are discussing ways to slow climate change... READ MORE›

2016 WILL BE THE HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD, UN SAYS

Because of climate change, the occurrence and impact of extreme events has risen, he said... READ MORE›

UNESCO RAISES ALARM OVER MALIAN EARTHEN TOWN, UZBEK MONUMENTS

UNESCO said that the 40th meeting of its World Heritage Committee in Istanbul decided to place the site on its list of world heritage in danger... READ MORE›

UN COMMITTEE MAY AGAIN CONSIDER LISTING GREAT BARRIER REEF AS 'IN DANGER'

State of Conservation reports, which are addressed to the World Heritage Committee, help it implement new conservation actions... READ MORE›

ELLEN DEGENERES BOMBARDED BY GREAT BARRIER REEF TWEETS FROM AUSTRALIAN MINISTER

The Australian environment minister, Greg Hunt, has bombarded Ellen DeGeneres with tweets after she appealed to Australia to do more to protect the Great Barrier Reef... READ MORE›

WORLD HERITAGE SITES, INCLUDING STATUE OF LIBERTY AND STONEHENGE, THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, UNESCO SAYS

An earlier draft referenced Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which is threatened by climate change... READ MORE›

CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS WORLD HERITAGE SITES, REPORT SAYS

Venice, Stonehenge among World Heritage sites threatened by climate change... READ MORE›

CLIMATE CHANGE MAY PUT UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES UNDERWATER

The researchers calculated the regional sea level at different World Heritage Sites 2,000 years from now for different average global temperatures... READ MORE›