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The ‘underwater bushfire’ coming for Australia that can’t be stopped
Marine experts have asked the government for $40 million in urgent funding to help brace for a severe marine heatwave bearing down on the nation’s south-east.
- by Angus Dalton and Laura Chung
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September shatters heat record, shocking even climate scientists
One leading researcher described the record heat as “gobsmackingly bananas. Unnerving. Bewildering. Flabbergasting. Disquieting. Shocking. Mind-boggling.”
- by Laura Chung
Coral bleaching alert for Great Barrier Reef as hot summer looms
This summer is forecast to be hot and dry, raising the risk of marine heatwaves that drive coral bleaching and biodiversity losses in the Great Barrier Reef.
- by Mike Foley
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Why UN scientists singled out the Great Barrier Reef for criticism
There are 30 coral reefs with World Heritage status, all with damage due to climate change. So why is Australia the only one in danger of losing its UN status?
- by Mike Foley
Australia gains reprieve on threat to Great Barrier Reef World Heritage status
UNESCO says Australia’s upgraded climate and environmental commitments mean the Great Barrier Reef should retain its World Heritage status – at least for the next year.
- by Mike Foley
Pocock wants veto for new coal mines to consider harm to future children
Crossbench senator David Pocock is tabling a private member’s bill that would block new projects that drive global warming.
- by Mike Foley
How Australian coral and an unremarkable lake will help usher in a new epoch
Scientists are on the verge of formally declaring a new geological epoch based on evidence from a remote body of water in Canada, and Flinders Reef in Queensland.
- by Angus Dalton
Return of El Nino spells trouble for Great Barrier Reef coral-bleaching risk
Fears of further damage to Australia’s living underwater wonder are rising due to looming weather conditions and the underlying trend of global warming.
- by Mike Foley
Need a cure for the winter blues? Where to eat, drink and find great coffee in sunny Port Douglas
Tropical North Queensland is basking in a reinvigorated dining scene thanks to a burst of exciting arrivals.
- by Larissa Dubecki
‘Not a chance in heaven’ to save Great Barrier Reef, but botanic garden will keep corals
Coral samples from the Great Barrier Reef under threat from climate change will be preserved as part of a world-first project devised by scientists and conservationists.
- by Mike Foley
Coral reefs are dying. Desperate scientists are turning to high-risk strategies
Nearly all tropical reefs will become extinct even if global warming is kept to 1.5 degrees. That urgency has prompted a new effort to save the Great Barrier Reef – with probiotics.
- by Liam Mannix