Los Angeles Times

Great Barrier Reef records largest annual coral loss in 39 years

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four decades of record-keeping, Australian authorities say. But due ...
Forbes

Coral Reefs And Tourism, A Controversial Relationship With A Promising Future

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emese Maczko is a travel writer covering sustainable travel. Island tourism in destinations like the Maldives, Bahamas and ...
Mongabay

Restoration, protection aim to save Belize’s coral reef from extreme heat and disease

Charles Darwin described the Belize Barrier Reef, a complex system of coral reefs, atolls and cayes spanning 300 kilometers (186 miles) and cradling the nation’s coast, as “the most remarkable reef in ...
CNN

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef devastated by worst coral bleaching on record, new report finds

Parts of Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, famed for its stunning colors and biodiversity, suffered the biggest decline of coral on record last year after a marine heatwave bleached vast swathes ...
Mongabay

Will temperate seas act as refuge for coral reefs? Not in time, study says

Some scientists have held out hope that, given the threats tropical corals face from climate change, they could improve their viability by expanding their range — by finding refuge in more temperate ...
CNN

‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet

As the early-morning sun rises over the Great Barrier Reef, its light pierces the turquoise waters of a shallow lagoon, bringing more than a dozen turtles to life. These waters that surround Lady ...