Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef

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UNESCO Keeps Great Barrier Reef Off ‘in Danger’ List

UNESCO said Thursday its World Heritage Committee (WHC) had decided not to place the Great Barrier Reef on its list of...

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Great Barrier Reef Can No Longer Be Saved

The Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved in its present form and is damaged beyond repair, scientists have warned....

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Great Barrier Reef Bleaching Worse Than First Thought

Coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef is worse than first thought and the impact will accelerate unless...

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Great Barrier Reef: Two-Thirds Damaged In ‘unprecedented’ Bleaching

Unprecedented coral bleaching in consecutive years has damaged two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, aerial...

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‘Zero Recovery’ For Corals In Back-To-Back Australia Bleaching

Coral bleached for two consecutive years at Australia's Great Barrier Reef has "zero prospect" of recovery, scientists...

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‘Underwater Wasteland’ Worries After Cyclone Hits Barrier Reef

A powerful cyclone that smashed into northeastern Australia could have caused further damage to the under-pressure...

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Great Barrier Reef May Never Recover From Bleaching

Australia's Great Barrier Reef may never recover from last year's warming-driven coral bleaching, said a study...

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Australia Sees Second Year of Barrier Reef Bleaching

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is experiencing an unprecedented second straight year of mass coral bleaching,...

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Plan To Save Great Barrier Reef Set Back Decades

Australia's plan to rescue the beleaguered Great Barrier Reef has been set back at least two decades after the fragile...