Great Barrier Reef

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Green group sues Australian minister over coal's impact

Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Getty
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El Nino could imperil Australia's Great Barrier Reef

FILE PHOTO: Assorted reef fish swim above a staghorn coral colony as it grows on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef off UNESCO danger list, still under 'serious threat'

FILE PHOTO: Assorted reef fish swim above a staghorn coral colony as it grows on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
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Scientists freeze Great Barrier Reef coral in world-first trial

Assorted reef fish swim above a staghorn coral colony as it grows on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
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Scientists freeze Great Barrier Reef coral in world-first trial

FILE PHOTO: Coral surrounds a small island on the Great Barrier Reef, located off the coast of Queensland, near the town of Rockhampton, in Australia, November 15, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray
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Great Barrier Reef should be put on 'in danger' list, UN panel says

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is significantly impacted by climate change factors, according to experts. - Copyright AFP Hector RETAMAL
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Great Barrier Reef should be placed on world heritage 'in danger list', UN-backed report says

Coral reefs can be seen from above on the Great Barrier Reef, located off the coast of Queensland, near the town of Rockhampton, in Australia, November 15, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray
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Parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef show highest coral cover in 36 years

Oliver Lanyon, Senior Ranger in the Great Barrier Reef region for the Queenlsand Parks and Wildlife Service, takes photographs and notes during an inspection of the reef's condition in an area called the 'Coral Gardens' located at Lady Elliot Island and 80 kilometres north-east from the town of Bundaberg in Queensland, Australia, 11 June, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS/David Gray
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Australia PM promises $700 mln more to protect Great Barrier Reef

In this Dec. 2, 2017, file photo shows the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. The Chinese host of this year's meeting of the UN World Heritage Committee defended on Sunday, July 18, 2021, the body's proposal to label the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger” against Australian government suspicion that China influenced the finding for political reasons. Photo : UNB/AP
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UNESCO chides Australia over Great Barrier Reef proposal

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Environment

Australia to challenge UNESCO downgrade of Great Barrier Reef

The reef is higher than iconic skyscrapers such as New York City's Empire State Building. Picture: Schmidt Ocean Institute
Environment

Coral reef taller than skyscrapers discovered in Great Barrier Reef

New research shows climate change is destroying the vast ecosystem of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, a World Heritage site [ARC Centre of Excellence/Andrea Dietzel via AFP]
Environment

Climate change costs half of the corals of Great Barrier Reef