As we continue our Earth Week and climate coverage, one topic that may seem a world away from the Bay Area but could impact most of us is all held in the coral reefs off the coast of Australia. The ...

The diagnosis for the future of coral reefs around the world has been bleak in recent years, as climate change threatens to wipe them out completely. But scientists have recently made an exciting ...

Scientists discovered a massive detached coral reef larger than the Empire State Building off the coast of northeastern Australia, the Schmidt Ocean Institute announced. Rising about 550 yards in the ...

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering another mass bleaching event, the reef’s managers confirmed Friday, the result of soaring ocean temperatures caused by the global climate crisis and ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The United Nations issued a dire alert Monday, warning that many of the world’s coral reefs could die as soon as 2040 as a result of climate change. Already, warming waters have ...

Scientists have discovered a "massive" detached coral reef in Australia's Great Barrier Reef — the first of its kind in over 120 years. And at approximately 1,640 feet, it is taller than the Empire ...

When Peter Harrison logs into a virtual meeting room one morning to discuss his life’s work, he is doing so while in the field. He is on a research vessel near Hook Island, one of the Whitsunday ...

Watch: Can you un-bleach coral? BBC visits remote Australian reef to find out Australia boasts plenty of superlatives when it comes to its natural landmarks. The Great Barrier Reef, the world's ...

Coral Reef Area: 344,400 sq km Australia hosts the largest coral reef system in the world. The Great Barrier Reef spans ...

A large coral reef nearly as high as the Freedom Tower has been discovered in Australia. The extraordinary, 1,600-foot-tall, detached structure was recently found — the first since the late 19th ...

A pioneering project to restore the nearly extinct shellfish reefs that once protected Australia's shores has been named today as a World Restoration ...