How a marine heatwave is threatening Australia’s spectacular coral reefs

Feeling the heat … consecutive and severe bleaching of the Great Coral Reef is significantly changing it.Photograph: Suzanne Long/Alamy

Wildlife & Conservation

How a marine heatwave is threatening Australia’s spectacular coral reefs

August 21, 2025

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When it comes to coral, the Great Barrier Reef steals the global limelight. It’s a bucket-list place for many and, ...

Science & Environment

Artificial cooling ‘urgent’ for Great Barrier Reef after warming spike todayheadline

July 11, 2025

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Coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, AustraliaNature Picture Library/Alamy Strategies to artificially shade Australia’s Great Barrier Reef ...

underwater view of coral reef environment, as seen through blue-green water with metallic pole-like structures in the foreground and beyond those, a view of the sandy sea floor, miscellaneous plant life, and various table-like man-made structures

Environmental Policies

AI-enabled digital twin will support coral reef restoration in Saudi Arabia

July 3, 2025

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Some of the underwater coral nursery structures. A recent project leverages AI expertise to enhance coral monitoring and restoration strategies ...

Science & Environment

There may be a surprising upside to losing coral reefs as oceans warm todayheadline

June 2, 2025

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Satellite view of coral reefs in New CaledoniaShutterstock/BEST-BACKGROUNDS There might be an upside to the loss of coral reefs. Their ...

Environmental Policies

Global coral bleaching has now hit 84% of ocean’s reefs in biggest-ever event

April 23, 2025

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Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event ...

Economic Policies

Coral colonizes Sri Lanka’s China-backed Hambantota port todayheadline

March 23, 2025

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ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings has published the national long-term rating of ‘AAA(lka)’ for Sri Lankan conglomerate Hayleys’s proposed senior unsecured ...