Which Is the Largest Coral Reef in the World?

Do you know which is the largest coral reef in the world? Explore why the Great Barrier Reef holds this title, along with its ...

An exclusive look inside the largest effort ever mounted to keep the Great Barrier Reef alive

Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really ...
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Massive 1,640 foot tall coral reef discovered hidden off the coast of Australia

A towering coral reef has emerged from the depths of Australia’s northern waters, reshaping what scientists thought they knew about the ocean floor. Rising 500 meters from the seabed—taller than the ...
KTVZ

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef devastated by worst coral bleaching on record, new report finds

(CNN) — Parts of Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, famed for its stunning colors and biodiversity, suffered the biggest decline of coral on record last year after a marine heatwave bleached vast ...
SpaceNews

NASA Begins Study of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

A NASA airborne mission designed to transform our understanding of Earth’s valuable and ecologically sensitive coral reefs has set up shop in Australia for a two-month investigation of the Great ...
Mongabay

Australia Biodiversity

Background Australia is often imagined as a continent of open space, with most people clustered along the coast and a vast ...
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Australia's coral reefs struggle for survival after 'underwater bushfire'

Australia boasts plenty of superlatives when it comes to its natural landmarks. The Great Barrier Reef, the world's biggest coral reef system on the north-east coast, is rightly recognised as a Unesco ...
The Conversation

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

Kate Quigley receives funding from the Australian Research Council in the form of the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) and holds a joint position as Principal Research Scientist at ...