Climate change, excessive fishing threaten Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
CANBERRA, Australia: The health of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the world’s most extensive coral reef ecosystem, is in a critical state and deteriorating as climate...
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Great Barrier Reef to go extinct in 12 years: climate report
BRISBANE, Australia: Queensland’s current carbon emissions would cause the extinction of most of the Great Barrier Reef within 12 years if replicated worldwide, a new...
Australia urges UNESCO to protect endangered Great Barrier Reef
CANBERRA, Australia: The federal government is pushing United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s world heritage committee to resolve the Great Barrier Reef crisis triggered...
Greenpeace activists board coal ship off Australia reef
SYDNEY: Six activists from conservation group Greenpeace boarded a coal carrier on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef Wednesday, calling for an end to...
Australia admits neglect of Great Barrier Reef
Sydney: The Australian government admits the Great Barrier Reef has been neglected for decades after a study showed it has lost more than half its...