Great Barrier Reef

for Great Barrier Reef rescue ideas

Dubai - Emirates Voice

Australia is calling on the world's top scientific minds to help save the Great Barrier Reef, offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund research into protecting the world's largest living structure. The UNESCO World Heritage-listed reef is reeling from significant coral bleaching due to warming sea temperatures linked to climate change. The 2,300-kilometre (1,400-mile) site is also under pressure from farming runoff,Read more

for Great Barrier Reef rescue ideas

Sydney - Emiratesvoice

Most sea turtles now female in north Great Barrier Reef

Miami - Emiratesvoice

The temperature at which eggs incubate determines the sex of the eggs. Warmer nests, which are dug into beaches, mean more females. Just a few degrees can mean the difference between a balanced and skewed sex ratio. "With average global temperature predicted to increase 4.7 Fahrenheit (2.6 Celsius) by 2100, many sea turtle populations are in danger of high eggRead more

Scientists find huge ancient landslide

Sydney - Arab Today

A massive underwater landslide that could have triggered a towering tsunami some 300,000 years ago has been discovered in the depths of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, scientists said Wednesday. The ancient landslide, likely caused by a strong earthquake that could have generated a tsunami wave 27 metres (90 feet) high, was discovered unexpectedly by researchers conducting three-dimensional mapping of theRead more

India-backed Australia mega coal mine

Sydney - Arab Today

A controversial India-backed Aus$21.7 billion (US$16 billion) giant coal project near Australia's Great Barrier Reef is set to start construction by the middle of next year, the miner said Tuesday. Adani Enterprises' Carmichael coal mine -- destined to be one of the world's biggest -- has encountered numerous regulatory and legal hurdles, leading to six years of delays. It hasRead more

Great Barrier Reef 'not dying', Australia insists

Sydney - Arab Today

The Great Barrier Reef is "not dying", Australia insisted Friday as it updated UNESCO on efforts to protect the natural wonder while scientists blasted a lack of urgency in dealing with climate change. Canberra last year narrowly avoided the UN body putting the site on its endangered list and was ordered to report to the World Heritage committee by DecemberRead more

1/3 of corals dead in Northern, central Great Barrier Reef

Canberra - QNA

More than one-third of corals on the northern and central Great Barrier Reef have suffered bleaching due to global warming and acidification of the ocean, scientists said Monday. The impact is still unfolding, researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies said following months of aerial and underwater surveys. At least 35% of corals on that partRead more

Australia removed from UN climate report

Sydney - Arab Today

All references to Australia were removed from a UN report on climate change and World Heritage sites after objections from Canberra, in a move scientists and activists Friday called "extremely disturbing". The study, World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate, was jointly published Thursday by UNESCO, the Union of Concerned Scientists and the United Nations Environmental Programme. It profilesRead more

Large parts of Great Barrier Reef dead by mid-2030s from climate change

Sydney - XINHUA

Large parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef will likely be dead by the mid 2030s as climate change drives the frequency and intensity of mass coral bleaching events, Aussie scientists warned on Friday. Analysing the current mass bleaching event ravaging the Great Barrier Reef, researchers from the ARC Center of Excellence for Climate System Science found the effects of human-inducedRead more