The Great Barrier Reef is also important for Australia's economy. It attracts more than 2 million tourists to the state of Queensland each year, contributing $6.4 billion to the country's economy ...

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most unique and diverse ecosystems in the world. Located off the coast of Queenslan ...

In fact, 87 percent of the Great Barrier Reef had minimum sea surface temperatures greater than any maximum temperature recorded from 1985 to 2020 during that same time period.

The Great Barrier Reef will continue to deteriorate, largely due to climate change, and the window to secure its future is rapidly closing. That is the sobering conclusion of a major new report ...

The Largest Living Structure on Earth Imagine something so vast that it's visible even from space—this is the Great Barrier Reef, the largest living structure on Earth. Stretching over an ...

The Great Barrier Reef is a global treasure, spanning an area large enough to be seen from space and providing habitat to an incredible array of fish, sharks, rays, sea turtles, and more.

Unusually warm ocean temperatures have turned corals white on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in the first-ever mass bleaching under the cooling conditions created by the La Niña weather pattern.

The Great Barrier Reef is home to over 1,500 species of fish and 400 species of hard corals and covers an area of 133,000 square miles.

Due for reconsideration in 2022, the Great Barrier Reef was not listed as a site in danger after consideration by UNSECO's World Heritage Committee.

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has an "economic, social and icon asset value of $56 billion," according to a report by Deloitte Access Economics. It is "too big to fail." ...

Australia, a unique island continent, is both a country and the smallest continent, yet the sixth-largest nation. It features ...

The Great Barrier Reef has been hit by bleaching due to heat stress, the Australian agency that manages the reef said on Friday, ahead of a visit by United Nations officials reviewing whether the ...