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Window to save Australia's Great Barrier Reef is closing fast, report warns

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is on the brink of irreversible damage due to countries’ persistent failure to address the root causes of climate change, a damning new report by the country's leading reef management agency has warned.

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Anger over handling of major reef health report

The latest government cash splash for the Great Barrier Reef failed to mention a major report about its "very poor" prospects was about to drop.

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Coral bleaching is not only heartbreaking, it’s also bad economics

The latest official update on the health of the Great Barrier Reef is heartbreaking.

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‘Humanity is failing’: official report warns our chance to save the Great Barrier Reef is fast closing

The Great Barrier Reef will continue to deteriorate, largely due to climate change, and the window to secure its future is rapidly closing. That is the sobering conclusion of a major new report into the state of the reef.

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Australia Tackles Poor Great Barrier Reef Water Quality

Australia on Friday launched a multi-million dollar effort to stop pesticide runoff and other water quality issues on the Great Barrier Reef, the latest effort to save the ailing natural wonder.

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Pledge sinks in $192m to help keep Barrier Reef afloat

Run-off has threatened the Great Barrier Reef's plants and animal species for years, but this could change as the government funds water quality programs.

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'Extremely unusual': Hottest ocean temperature in 400 years threatens the Great Barrier Reef

The sea surface temperature around the Great Barrier Reef this year is the hottest it has ever been in 400 years, posing huge threats to the coral reef ecosystem in the area.

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Earth’s ‘greatest natural wonder’ faces existential threat from hottest ocean temperatures in 400 years

The Great Barrier Reef, the largest living ecosystem on Earth, may not survive for future generations unless global heating is stopped

The Independent UK

‘Wake-up call to humanity’: research shows the Great Barrier Reef is the hottest it’s been in 400 years

The Great Barrier Reef is vast and spectacular. But repeated mass coral bleachings, driven by high ocean temperatures, are threatening the survival of coral colonies which are the backbone of the reef.

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The Hottest Ocean Temperatures In 400 Years Are Putting The Great Barrier Reef in Extreme Peril

These multi-centenarian creatures could be gone this generation

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Warnings of reef at risk with centuries-first heating

Governments have welcomed the UN not listing the Great Barrier Reef as in danger, but new research shows water temperatures are at dangerously high levels.

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Great Barrier Reef waters were hottest in 400 years over the past decade, study finds

Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef reached the highest they’ve been in 400 years over the past decade, research published Wednesday in the journal Nature found

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Hottest ocean temperatures in 400 years an ‘existential threat’ to the Great Barrier Reef, researchers find

Researchers say coral analysis shows recent extreme temperatures would not have happened without greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels

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High coral cover amid intense heatwaves and bleaching? Here’s how both can be true on the Great Barrier Reef

It was another difficult summer on the Great Barrier Reef. A serious marine heatwave caused the fifth mass coral bleaching event since 2016. Intense rain from Cyclone Jasper washed huge volumes of freshwater and sediment onto corals closer to shore, and Cyclone Kirrily crossed the central region. Some parts of…

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Heatwave, cyclones cast doubt on reef coral recovery

Coral cover was up across the Great Barrier Reef before the treasured ecosystem suffered a devastating marine heatwave and two cyclones, scientists say.

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Water pollution slowing Barrier Reef's coral recovery

Poor water quality is hampering the Great Barrier Reef's ability to recover from the impacts of climate change, with scientists demanding action.

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Keeping reef off in-danger list sends 'false message'

A decision not to include the Great Barrier Reef on a global list of in-danger sites is a case of "political convenience trumping science", an expert says.

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Clearing rates down but Barrier Reef needs more help

Queensland's tree clearing rates have continued to decline but experts say protecting the Great Barrier Reef will require faster action.

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Beyond the Barrier Reef: Australia’s 3 other World Heritage reefs are also in trouble

The Great Barrier Reef is world famous – it’s the largest coral reef system in the world and home to tens of thousands of species. No wonder it is World Heritage listed.

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New drone imagery reveals 97% of coral dead at a Lizard Island reef after last summer’s mass bleaching

Last summer, the Great Barrier Reef suffered its worst mass coral bleaching event. Our new data show the devastating damage the bleaching caused to a reef at Lizard Island – a finding that does not bode well for the rest of the natural wonder.

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Ramp up targets to save reef, UNESCO tells Australia

The Great Barrier Reef needs urgent and sustained action to save it from the impact of climate change and other threats, UNESCO has told Australia.

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Legal challenge to NSW mines over barrier reef impact

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is facing a Federal Court challenge over the potential impact on the Great Barrier Reef of extending coal mines in NSW.

Radio France Internationale

Great Barrier Reef bleaching crisis 'like a bushfire underwater'

It’s too soon to tell if the heat-stressed corals of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will survive their fifth mass bleaching in eight years, but the marine scientists who monitor the reef’s health are already despairing.

The Guardian - UK

Scotland’s remote land of bogs and bugs in line for world heritage status

A decision from Unesco on giving the peat-rich Flow Country the same standing as the Great Barrier Reef is just weeks away

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Barrier Reef waters still loaded with farm pollutants

Australia won't make key water quality targets meant to protect the health of the Great Barrier Reef, a new report shows.

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