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Unwanted anniversary: 365 days of record-breaking ocean temperatures, Reef fading to ‘shadow state’ | Climate Council
2024-03-13 (or before) in climatecouncil.org.auThe Great Barrier Reef is suffering a fifth mass bleaching event in nine years, following 365 straight days of record breaking global sea surface temperatures, and igniting fears climate change is pushing tropical coral reefs past a tipping point.
Tagged under: Extreme Heat | Climate Data | Great Barrier Reef | Oceans | Tipping Points
Visual Feature | Status of Coral Reefs of the World
2024-03-10 (or before) in UN Environment ProgrammeUNEP has created a dynamic data visualization that distills the report findings with an aim to generating increased interest and awareness.
Tagged under: Media | Data | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs
Great Barrier Reef: New mass bleaching event hits World Heritage site
2024-03-08 in The BBCThe world's biggest coral system had seen only two mass bleaching events before 2016.
Tagged under: Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers ‘extensive’ coral bleaching, as scientists fear seventh mass bleaching event | CNN
2024-02-29 by in CNNThe southern Great Barrier Reef is suffering from extensive coral bleaching due to heat stress, the reef’s managers said Wednesday, raising fears that a seventh mass bleaching event could be unfolding across the vast, ecologically important site.
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Extreme Heat | Coral Reefs | Great Barrier Reef | Australia
Aerial surveys of Great Barrier Reef ordered as flights show extensive coral bleaching
2024-02-28 in The GuardianHelicopter flights over almost 50 reefs off the Queensland coast found bleaching in the south was “fairly uniform”
Tagged under: Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs
What Is the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?
2023-01-31 (or before) in Sustainable & Eco Friendly eCommerce Packaging | SR MailingThe Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is considered by many to be one of humanity’s biggest crimes against the planet – and really, just the name of it gives away the horror of what it actually is, considering the size of the Pacific Ocean. We talk a lot about what can be done to save the planet here at SR Mailing, and that’s because we’re absolutely passionate about it! The fact that there is so much to be done, and that there is so much that we can all be doing in our daily lives that can help us to save planet Earth from global warming and climate change. The issue, of course, is much, much bigger than...
Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics | Oceans | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Pacific Ocean | Methane | Fish | Rivers | Whales and Dolphins | Wildlife | Economic Growth | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs | California | South America | BP | Sea Level | Indonesia
Record coral cover on parts of Great Barrier Reef, but global heating could jeopardise recovery
2022-08-03 in The GuardianFast-growing species of branching and plate-like corals push cover up but are also the preferred prey for crown-of-thorns starfish
Tagged under: Oceans | Great Barrier Reef
State of the environment: shocking report shows how Australia’s land and wildlife are being destroyed
2022-07-18 in The GuardianList of threatened species grows as ecosystems show signs of collapse due to climate crisis and habitat loss
Tagged under: Coal | Wildlife | Great Barrier Reef | Collapse
‘Devastating’: 91% of reefs surveyed on Great Barrier Reef affected by coral bleaching in 2022
2022-05-10 in The GuardianReport reveals extent of sixth mass bleaching event with worst-affected reefs between Cape Tribulation and Whitsundays
Tagged under: Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs
Great Barrier Reef hit by sixth mass bleaching event, leading coral scientist says
2022-03-17 in The GuardianProf Terry Hughes says he believes bleaching is under way as the Australian government conducts monitoring flights over 2,300km reef
Tagged under: Wildlife | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs
Great Barrier Reef: Australia pledges A$1bn but draws renewed climate criticism - BBC News
2022-01-28 (or before) in The BBCNew funding for the Great Barrier Reef will improve water quality but not address its central threat.
Tagged under: Great Barrier Reef
Advisory bodies - DCCEEW
2021-12-21 (or before) in awe.gov.auWorking together with community, industry, science and Traditional Owners is critical to the success of the Reef 2050 Plan to protect and improve the Reef. An Independent Expert Panel and a Reef 2050 Advisory Committee have been established to advise the Australian and Queensland governments on implementation and review of the Reef 2050 Plan.
Tagged under: Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef could face another mass bleaching by end of January, forecast says
2021-12-18 in The GuardianScientists are hoping La Niña conditions might yet stave off threat from predicted heat accumulation in northern and central reef
Tagged under: Predictions | Wildlife | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs
Great Barrier Reef corals have more than halved in past 25 years, study shows
2020-10-14 in The GuardianMass bleaching events triggered by record-breaking water temperatures have the most impact on coral depletion
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs
Great Barrier Reef's third mass bleaching in five years the most widespread yet
2020-04-06 in The GuardianGovernment’s chief marine scientist says he fears people will lose hope for the future of the reef but it is a clear signal for action
Tagged under: Wildlife | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs
Climate crisis may have pushed world's tropical coral reefs to tipping point of 'near-annual' bleaching
2020-03-31 in The GuardianExclusive: Mass bleaching seen along Great Barrier Reef could mark start of global-scale event, expert warns
Tagged under: Oceans | Tipping Points | Extreme Weather | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs
Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass bleaching in five years - BBC News
2020-03-26 (or before) in The BBCThe third such event in five years prompts scientists to renew urgent warnings about climate change.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass coral bleaching event in five years
2020-03-25 in The GuardianRenowned scientist Terry Hughes says huge swathes of reef have been affected in a ‘severe’ situation
Tagged under: Wildlife | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs
The Great Barrier Reef Is Heading for a Mass Bleaching of Unprecedented Scale
2020-03-04 (or before) in VICEForecasts for the largest living structure on Earth have become "devastating," scientists say, and the coral carnage will be even more widespread than the last mass bleaching in 2016-2017.
Tagged under: Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs
How scientists are coping with ‘ecological grief’
2020-01-12 in The GuardianScientists reveal how they are dealing with a profound sense of loss as the climate emergency worsens
Tagged under: Great Barrier Reef | Climate Anxiety and Grief
Australia Will Lose to Climate Change
2020-01-06 (or before) in The AtlanticEven as the country fights bushfires, it can’t stop dumping planet-warming pollution into the atmosphere.
Tagged under: Oceans | Global Warming | Climate Change | Australia | Bushfires | Wildfires | Economic Growth | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs
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