A new study of water quality in Australian rivers reveals surprising changes since the turn of the century: good for the ...

Located off the coast of Queensland, Australia, the reef is home to thousands ... quality of the reef. This pollution can cause algal blooms, which can smother coral and reduce the amount of ...

Researchers are urging policymakers to take action in light of 'catastrophic' damage to the world's largest coral reef system ...

Corals in low-oxygen seawater may not show visible signs of stress. Mike Workman/Shutterstock Coral reef research has focused ...

Plastic pollution in the world's oceans ... The study conducted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Australia estimates that this level will increase ...

The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system. It stretches over 2,300 kilometres along the coast of ...

A team of Australian scientists found that bleaching on Australia's great barrier reef has reached catastrophic levels.

Research on Scott Reef off Northwest Australia has shown that local coral connections help boost the resilience of remote atoll reef systems following bleaching and storms. Coral reefs are facing ...

New research from an international team of marine scientists from the UK and Australia ... pollution and outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish. These pressures have huge effects on the coral reefs ...