The Great Barrier Reef is headed for a "grim future" and will suffer a "rapid coral decline" by 2050 but parts may recover if global warming is kept below 2C, a new study has found. Researchers at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parts of Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, famed for its stunning colors and biodiversity, suffered the biggest decline of ...

The Great Barrier Reef is in such rapid decline that Australian researchers are now trying something that once sounded like science fiction: brightening clouds to cast a protective shade over the ...

Researchers are studying whether the colour of corals on the Great Barrier Reef can tell us how resilient they are to coral bleaching.

Part of the Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its highest coral cover on record, according to an annual report from the Australian Institute of Marine Science, though the reef still faces risks. The ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four decades of record-keeping, Australian authorities say. But ...

A new study reveals that more than half of the world's coral reefs are bleached because of ocean warming, with 15% experiencing significant mortality.

In context: Located off the coast of Queensland, Australia, the Great Barrier Reef is the world's most expansive coral reef system, spanning more than 2,300 kilometers and comprising 2,900 individual ...

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, one of the largest coral reefs in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage area, is facing a more extreme threat than previously thought, the local marine park authority ...