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UNBELIEVABLE: 11 | History Defined

The Great Barrier Reef is in the grip of another significant bleaching event, with widespread but variable impacts reported so far.

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Great Barrier Reef facing another severe bleaching event ahead of UN delegation visit

The Great Barrier Reef is being hit with a widespread and severe bleaching event, just three days before a UN delegation is due to arrive to assess the health of the world heritage area.

ABC News

Great Barrier Reef hit by sixth mass bleaching event, leading coral scientist says

Prof Terry Hughes says he believes bleaching is under way as the Australian government conducts monitoring flights over 2,300km reef

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Conservationists buy fishing licence in Great Barrier Reef to create net-free safe haven for dugongs

The last commercial fishing licence of its type in the reef has been bought by WWF to protect marine wildlife

The Guardian - AU

Museum of Underwater Art sculptures unveiled ahead of Great Barrier Reef snorkel site

The large concrete sculptures have been painstakingly shipped across the globe and will become the latest installation on the reef's Museum of Underwater Art.

ABC News

UNESCO to visit Great Barrier Reef as coral bleaching risk rises

Environment groups say visiting scientists must be given true picture of the reef, ahead of world heritage committee meeting in June

The Guardian - AU

‘Unscientific’: Morrison government wanted IPCC to say Great Barrier Reef ‘not yet in crisis’

Australian officials attempted to water down language around health of world’s largest coral reef in latest climate change report

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'Crisis': Climate panel flags Great Barrier Reef devastation

A United Nations report is painting a dire picture of the Great Barrier Reef's future

The Independent UK

Window to save ourselves from climate change 'rapidly closing', IPCC warns

The world's scientists declare climate change is now a threat to human wellbeing, warning we are about to miss the window to "secure a liveable and sustainable future for all".

ABC News

Broken coral fragments now reproducing in major milestone for Great Barrier Reef program

A world-first program to reattach coral to the Great Barrier Reef has reached a major milestone, with the spawning of coral that was once broken.

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Reef's ecological vacuum cleaners in peril

Overharvesting has imperilled the Great Barrier Reef's ecologically important tropical sea cucumber populations, say experts from two Australian universities.

AAP

Queensland boy who got Billie Eilish to help reef program made CoralWatch ambassador

A Queensland boy, who encouraged one of the world's biggest pop stars to get involved in a campaign to protect the Great Barrier Reef, adds another achievement to his impressive record.

ABC News

How a 'motley crew' of citizen scientists is helping to save the Great Barrier Reef

Volunteers aboard a flotilla of tourist boats, tinnies and superyachts capture more than 40,000 images to create a big-picture snapshot of the reef's health.

ABC News

Australia is spending billions on the Great Barrier Reef. Will it do any good?

Another $1bn has been committed, the latest of many funding pledges. But the reef’s biggest threat – global heating – overshadows everything

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Great Barrier Reef: cooler weather reduces threat of mass bleaching outbreak this summer

Cloud and rain over the past 10 days bring much-needed relief to heat-stressed coral, government authority says

The Conversation

From 'Australia's Titanic' to deadly mutineers: 4 infamous shipwrecks found on the Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is incredible, with turquoise water, stunning reefs and white sandy cays. Yet its name infers something quite different – a barrier: treacherous, dynamic and dangerous to navigate.

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Scientists dispute Morrison government claim to UN its Great Barrier Reef approach ‘second to none’

Environment minister tells world heritage centre that government investments are ‘strengthening the resilience of the reef’

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Australia amps up lobbying on reef status

Australia has submitted its report about the state of the Great Barrier Reef to UNESCO in a bid to keep the World Heritage site from being listed as in danger.

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Mass bleaching predicted for reefs

The largest coral reef in the world is at risk of becoming dead and barren

ABC News

Coral reef safe zones set to plummet, while potential bleaching events loom in Qld, WA

Bleaching-free coral reefs are expected to plummet as we head towards 1.5C of warming, as scientists anxiously watch for another bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef.

The Conversation

The $1 billion Great Barrier Reef funding is nonsensical. Australians, and their natural wonder, deserve so much better

Today, the federal government is due to report back to UNESCO on its efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef. The government’s announcement last week of A$1 billion of additional funding is welcome, but it will do little to allay UNESCO’s concerns.

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Yikes: The Great Barrier Reef Could Potentially Be About To Face Another Mass Bleaching Event

Give Crush a break!!!

The Guardian - AU

NSW has deadliest day of pandemic; widespread flooding causes damage – as it happened

NSW records 49 Covid deaths, Victoria 31, Queensland 12 and South Australia five. This blog is now closed

The New Daily

Cindy Wockner: With an election looming, Morrison & Co suddenly discover the Reef is in trouble

Why does it take a threat of an endangerment listing and a looming federal election for the government to do something to restore the Great Barrier Reef?

The Guardian - AU

Great Barrier Reef on verge of another mass bleaching after highest temperatures on record

Exclusive: ‘Shocked and concerned’ US government scientists say heat stress over Australia’s ocean jewel is unprecedented

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