The benefits of crown-of-thorns starfish control on the Great Barrier Reef
New research has revealed that years of targeted crown-of-thorns starfish control on the Great Barrier Reef has protected coral and supported reef health and resilience.
New research has revealed that years of targeted crown-of-thorns starfish control on the Great Barrier Reef has protected coral and supported reef health and resilience.
Ecology
May 4, 2024
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As the modern Great Barrier Reef emerged after the last ice age, it had to cope with multiple environmental stresses—rising sea levels, increased sediment from a flooding coastline, ocean turbulence and likely warming oceans.
Earth Sciences
Apr 29, 2024
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Just like the animals on Noah's Ark, the corals arrived in a pair. On Monday, divers with gloved hands gently nestled the self-bred corals from the World Coral Conservatory project among their cousins in Europe's largest ...
Ecology
Apr 26, 2024
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A team of marine biologists, conservationists and environmentalists affiliated with multiple institutions in Australia has found that controlled culling of starfish can revitalize or promote regrowth of sections of the Great ...
Scientists have found oysters could be very useful in gobbling up nutrient pollution from tropical waterways, including the Great Barrier Reef.
Ecology
Apr 24, 2024
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In past bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef, the southern region has sometimes been spared worst of the bleaching. Not this time. This year's intense underwater heat has triggered the most severe heat stress ever seen ...
Ecology
Apr 22, 2024
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Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef is suffering one of the most severe coral bleaching events on record, leaving scientists fearful for its survival as the impact of climate change worsens.
Ecology
Apr 20, 2024
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The fourth global coral bleaching event, announced this week, is an urgent wake-up call to the world.
Plants & Animals
Apr 17, 2024
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Some deeper areas of the Great Barrier Reef are insulated from harmful heat waves—but that protection will be lost if global warming continues, according to new research.
Ecology
Apr 8, 2024
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A study led by a researcher at the University of Stirling has identified microscopic organisms that may be crucial to the survival of coral reefs.
Ecology
Apr 5, 2024
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