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Long-Lost Sea Creatures, That Disappeared 70 Years Ago, Make A Comeback
The worms were found coexisting with the seahorses in coral colonies from Australia to Japan.
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Hidden Heat-Tolerant Corals Can Save Great Barrier Reef, New Research Shows
Just as individual humans handle stress differently, so do corals. Even coral colonies of the same species, growing side by side, vary in their tolerance to pressures such as heatwaves.
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Explained: What Is Coral Bleaching And How It Impacts The World
The world is currently experiencing the second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida at risk of dying following months of record-breaking ocean heat, a US agency announced Monday.
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World On Brink Of 4th Mass Coral Reef Bleaching Event: US Agency
The world is on the verge of a fourth mass coral bleaching event which could see wide swathes of tropical reefs die, including parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said.
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El Nino Could Imperil Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Australia's Great Barrier Reef could deteriorate if warming ocean temperatures spark another mass coral bleaching event later this year, the country's top marine science body said Wednesday.
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Parts Of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Show Highest Coral Cover In 36 Years
Two-thirds of Australia's Great Barrier Reef showed the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years, but the reef remains vulnerable to increasingly frequent mass bleaching, an official long term monitoring programme reported on Thursday.
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Video: "Satellite Selfie" From Space Shows Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, stretching for more than 2,300 kilometres along the northeast coast of Australia.
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91% Of Great Barrier Reef Suffers Coral Bleaching Following Heatwave In Australia
A prolonged summer heatwave in Australia left 91 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef's coral damaged by bleaching, according to a new government monitoring report.
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Great Barrier Reef Suffering "Mass Bleaching", Says Australia
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is suffering a "mass bleaching event" as coral comes under heat stress from warmer seas, authorities said Friday.
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Great Barrier Reef Suffers "Widespread" Coral Bleaching, Again
The Great Barrier Reef has again been hit with "widespread" bleaching, authorities said Friday, as higher-than-average ocean temperatures off Australia's northeast threaten the already struggling World Heritage site.
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Australia Announces Billion-Dollar Package To Protect Great Barrier Reef
Australia unveiled a billion-dollar package to protect the climate-ravaged Great Barrier Reef on Friday, hoping to prevent the vast network of corals from being removed from UNESCO's World Heritage list.
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Can Little Fluffy Clouds Save Australia's Great Barrier Reef? Scientists Think So
To slow the speed at which high temperatures and warm waters bleach the corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Australian scientists are spraying droplets of ocean water into the sky to form clouds to protect the environmental treasure.
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Why Australia's Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage Status Is At Risk
After years of climate-worsened damage to its vibrant corals, Australia's vast Great Barrier Reef could this week be added to UNESCO's list of endangered World Heritage sites.
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Great Barrier Reef Suffers Worst-Ever Coral Bleaching: Scientists
Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said Tuesday in a dire warning about the threat posed by climate change to the world's largest living organism.
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How Scientists Use Loudspeakers To Make Dead Coral Reefs Sound Healthy
The desperate search for ways to help the world's coral reefs rebound from the devastating effects of climate change has given rise to some radical solutions.
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Long-Lost Sea Creatures, That Disappeared 70 Years Ago, Make A Comeback
The worms were found coexisting with the seahorses in coral colonies from Australia to Japan.
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Hidden Heat-Tolerant Corals Can Save Great Barrier Reef, New Research Shows
Just as individual humans handle stress differently, so do corals. Even coral colonies of the same species, growing side by side, vary in their tolerance to pressures such as heatwaves.
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Explained: What Is Coral Bleaching And How It Impacts The World
The world is currently experiencing the second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida at risk of dying following months of record-breaking ocean heat, a US agency announced Monday.
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World On Brink Of 4th Mass Coral Reef Bleaching Event: US Agency
The world is on the verge of a fourth mass coral bleaching event which could see wide swathes of tropical reefs die, including parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said.
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El Nino Could Imperil Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Australia's Great Barrier Reef could deteriorate if warming ocean temperatures spark another mass coral bleaching event later this year, the country's top marine science body said Wednesday.
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Parts Of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Show Highest Coral Cover In 36 Years
Two-thirds of Australia's Great Barrier Reef showed the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years, but the reef remains vulnerable to increasingly frequent mass bleaching, an official long term monitoring programme reported on Thursday.
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Video: "Satellite Selfie" From Space Shows Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, stretching for more than 2,300 kilometres along the northeast coast of Australia.
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91% Of Great Barrier Reef Suffers Coral Bleaching Following Heatwave In Australia
A prolonged summer heatwave in Australia left 91 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef's coral damaged by bleaching, according to a new government monitoring report.
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Great Barrier Reef Suffering "Mass Bleaching", Says Australia
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is suffering a "mass bleaching event" as coral comes under heat stress from warmer seas, authorities said Friday.
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Great Barrier Reef Suffers "Widespread" Coral Bleaching, Again
The Great Barrier Reef has again been hit with "widespread" bleaching, authorities said Friday, as higher-than-average ocean temperatures off Australia's northeast threaten the already struggling World Heritage site.
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Australia Announces Billion-Dollar Package To Protect Great Barrier Reef
Australia unveiled a billion-dollar package to protect the climate-ravaged Great Barrier Reef on Friday, hoping to prevent the vast network of corals from being removed from UNESCO's World Heritage list.
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Can Little Fluffy Clouds Save Australia's Great Barrier Reef? Scientists Think So
To slow the speed at which high temperatures and warm waters bleach the corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Australian scientists are spraying droplets of ocean water into the sky to form clouds to protect the environmental treasure.
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Why Australia's Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage Status Is At Risk
After years of climate-worsened damage to its vibrant corals, Australia's vast Great Barrier Reef could this week be added to UNESCO's list of endangered World Heritage sites.
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Great Barrier Reef Suffers Worst-Ever Coral Bleaching: Scientists
Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said Tuesday in a dire warning about the threat posed by climate change to the world's largest living organism.
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How Scientists Use Loudspeakers To Make Dead Coral Reefs Sound Healthy
The desperate search for ways to help the world's coral reefs rebound from the devastating effects of climate change has given rise to some radical solutions.
