Australia's environment improved slightly in 2024, marking the fourth consecutive year of above-average conditions, but major ...

Coral reefs are deteriorating at an alarming rate, with 75% experiencing heat stress at bleaching levels over the past two years. The Great Barrier Reef (GBR), a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of ...

And in just 30 years we have lost half of the coral reef worldwide from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia to the Florida ... there was the first massive bleaching heat wave this year, El Nino ...

Rainfall is likely to be in the typical range for most of Australia ... and a marine heatwave that caused coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef in WA, the death of about ...

The future of coral reef protection lies at the intersection of technology and collaboration, say Australian researchers who ...

Without a significant reduction in global temperatures, the frequency and intensity of bleaching events are likely to increase, pushing the reef closer to collapse. Underwater Scene of Great Barrier ...

Sea surface temperatures around Australia have warmed by over 1 °C since 1900 ... which was associated with a strong negative Indian Ocean Dipole event and mass coral bleaching in the Great Barrier ...

They can be used for various purposes including to monitor coral bleaching risk in the Great Barrier Reef and other reefs around Australia. See summaries on the 2016 and 2017 marine heatwaves on the ...

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