Great Barrier Reef

Australia blocks proposed coal mine to protect Great Barrier Reef

Australia's Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek on Thursday blocked a proposed coal mine to protect the Great Barrier Reef.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be placed on 'in danger' list: UN

The Unesco released its long-awaited report on the reef following a 10-day visit in March, calling for ambitious, rapid and sustained action to protect it

Mining projects may attract bank financing as Great Barrier Reef recovers

Environmentalists had cited these events to lobby against the coal mining projects in Australia and foreign banks had stopped financing these projects

Australia's Great Barrier Reef coral cover at record levels: Report

Large sections of Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) now have an unprecedented amount of coral, according to a new report published

Adani group starts exports from Australia coalmine that drew protests

Carmichael mine, located in Queensland state, has spanned environmental activists to Wall Street banks, insurers and investors.

Great Barrier Reef has lost over half of its corals in 3 decades: Report

The Great Barrier Reef in Australia, which is the largest reef system in the world, has lost more than half of its coral population in the past three decades, according to a new study

Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest living structure, may be recovering

After a mass coral bleaching in 2016, the world's largest living structure is showing signs of a comeback.

Great Barrier Reef's value to communities goes way beyond tourism

As sea levels rise, govt aims to help with the development of coastal climate adaptation plans

What's the economic value of the Great Barrier Reef? It's priceless

Putting a price on Great Barrier Reef - cost-benefit analysis is a way to make decisions on policies

Report values Great Barrier Reef at $42 bn, says 50% corals lost in 30 yrs

Deloitte study warns of massive economic fallout unless Australia take steps to protect it

Two-thirds of Great Barrier Reef hit by mass coral bleaching: Scientists

Says the reefs affected last year have zero prospect of recovery

Great Barrier Reef won't recover from warm waters impact ever: Scientists

Warm seas around the reef killed some two-thirds of a 700 kilometre stretch of coral last year

Australia's Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching worsens

It is estimated that 2/3rd of coral coverage died in a 700 km stretch of reef north of Port Douglas

Damage to Great Barrier Reef costs ship owner around $30 million

Site was contaminated with hundreds of kilograms of paint particles tainted with the highly toxic anti-fouling agent tributyltin

Great Barrier Reef bleaching could cost a million tourists

The report said last year, about 3.5 million tourists, mostly Australians, visited areas along the reef