Hopes Rise for Some Coral Survival

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 25, 2018 Scientists have good news about prospects for coral survival on one of the world’s great reefs threatened by climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Ordinary People Can Help Ailing Oceans

By John Hawthorne / MoBox Marine Dec 20, 2017 The more acidic our oceans become, the harder it is for sea life to survive. As sea life dies off, entire ecosystems will begin to collapse, resulting in other ecosystems collapsing. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Studies of Two Reefs Reveal They May Be Damaged Beyond Recovery

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Mar 29, 2017 The Pacific Ocean's Great Barrier Reef and reefs of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean may never overcome the effects of global warming, scientists say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Change Threatens to Obliterate Great Barrier Reef Corals

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jun 23, 2016 The worst-ever bleaching event affects 93 percent of Australia's famous reef, as rising temperatures and sea levels bring swift death to vast swaths of the colorful creatures. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Acid Test Shows Real Threat to Coral Reefs

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Mar 2, 2016 A pioneering experiment on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has revealed clear evidence that coral growth is being restricted by rising levels of ocean acidity. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

An Even Quicker Death for the Great Barrier Reef?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 19, 2013 As if climate change weren't destroying the natural wonder quickly enough, the Australian government's approval for construction of one of the world's largest coal ports will involve dumping 3 million cubic meters of earth drudged from the ocean floor into the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Navy Unloads Bombs in Great Barrier Reef

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 21, 2013 American fighter jets dropped four unarmed bombs into the world's largest network of coral structures last week when a training exercise went wrong, the U.S. Navy said. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Underwater Landslide Could Trigger Australian Tsunami

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 23, 2012 A slab of rock overhanging an underwater canyon near the northeast border of Australia threatens to generate a tsunami when it eventually breaks off, researchers warned Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Great Barrier’s Grief

Staff / Truthdig Jan 2, 2009 Leave it to global warming to ruin both a day at the beach and an entire oceanic ecosystem. Researchers are blaming the environment's public enemy No. 1 as well as rising seawater acidity for what has been the slowest coral growth rate at the Great Barrier Reef in more than 400 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )