GREAT BARRIER REEF Top Stories

Have the world’s coral reefs already crossed a tipping point?
Bleached branching coral (Acropora sp.) at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef.
Creative Commons / Acropora at English Wikipedia
2024-04-29, Grist
About a year ago, the seas got unusually hot, even by our current, overheated standards. Twelve months of broken records later, the oceans are still more feverish than...
Could some species dying on Earth be saved in outer space?
Conserving biodiversity is essential to address the climate crisis
Public Domain / United States Agency for International Development
2024-04-22, Sandhills Express
Plants and animals are dying off at an unprecedented rate on Earth. Some scientists are looking to outer space for a solution. The idea is called a lunar biorepository, a...
Europe endured record number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in 2023
FILE - A man rides his bike on a small road in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises on July 9, 2023. Scientists say crushing temperatures that blanketed Europe last summer may have led to more than 61,000 heat-related deaths, highlighting the need for governments to address the health impacts of global warming.
AP / Michael Probst, File
2024-04-22, Al Jazeera
Europe is increasingly facing bouts of heat so intense that the human body cannot cope, climate monitors have warned. The continent endured a record number of “extreme...
The Crunch: domestic violence, donkey hides and a new moon atlas2024-05-02
AOL: Welcome to the 13th edition of The Crunch! Josh and I would like to thank everyone who has been reading, forwarding and clicking on things in this newsletter, as well as the people who give us permission to feature their excellent work every fortnight. We now...
Kill Starfish Now to Save Great Barrier Reef—Scientists2024-05-01
Newsweek: These starfish can each munch over 100 square feet of coral every year, so culling them can help degrading reefs recover. ......
2024’s safest sunscreens for summer and year-round2024-05-01
CNN: Brianna Starr, 29, and her sister, Alicia, 26, never worried much about sunscreen. While growing up in Kansas, they focused on getting a gorgeous tan, like many of their friends and the influencers they followed on social media. “It was a social thing,”...
A sunscreen for your every need2024-05-01
Live Mint: It's an established fact that one needs to wear sunscreen all year round, especially in summer months when chances of sun exposure and damage are extremely high. Plus, exposure to UV rays can lead to tanning, sunburn, pigmentation, allergic reactions, photo...
Leading marine scientists write to PM: reject new coal and gas to save our coral reefs (ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation)2024-05-01
Public Technologies: ) A GROUP of leading marine scientists have today writtento Prime Minister Albanese with an urgent plea toheed the scienceand reject new coaland gas projects for the sake of the world's coral reefs. The letter, signed by 14 international and Australian marine...
Australia news live: national cabinet to discuss domestic violence; Chalmers to reveal new foreign investment rules2024-04-30
The Guardian: Anthony Albanese calls for debate about blocking online misogynistic content. Follow the today’s news live Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Farrell hails trade progress with ChinaTrade minister Don Farrell has held a...
Have the World’s Coral Reefs Past the Point of No Return?2024-04-30
Truth Dig: Related The Scramble for Deep-Sea Minerals This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. About a year ago, the seas got unusually hot, even by our current, overheated standards. Twelve months of broken records later,...
Great Barrier Reef’s worst bleaching leaves giant coral graveyard: ‘It looks as if it has ...2024-04-30
The Guardian: Scientists stunned by scale of destruction after summer of storm surges, cyclones and floods Beneath the turquoise waters off Heron Island lies a huge, brain-shaped Porites coral that, in health, would be a rude shade of purplish-brown. Today that coral...
The Deepest Blue Hole On The Planet Plummets 420 Meters Below The Sea2024-04-30
IFL Science: The deepest blue hole in the world has been confirmed in Chetumal Bay, Mexico. Researchers estimate the Taam Ja' Blue Hole has a depth of at least 420 meters (1,380 feet), but have yet to reach the bottom of the world’s deepest blue hole.What are blue holes?...
Revealed: The dog breeds at the highest risk of dying from cancer - with medium-sized ...2024-04-30
The Daily Mail: A new study reveals the dog breeds with the highest risk of dying from cancer – and it's not good news for owners of medium-sized pups. By studying canine death records from three different countries, a biologist in California found the flat-coated retriever...
The fourth mass coral bleaching (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften eV)2024-04-30
Public Technologies: ) Homepage Newsroom The fourth mass bleaching The fourth mass coral bleaching In many areas of the oceans, coral reefs are losing their colour and threatening to die - the cause is the high temperatures of the world's oceans April 30, 2024 BiodiversityClimate...
How did the early Great Barrier Reef manage rapid environmental change?2024-04-29
Phys Dot Org: As the modern Great Barrier Reef emerged after the last ice age, it had to cope with multiple environmental stresses—rising sea levels, increased sediment from a flooding coastline, ocean turbulence and likely warming oceans. It has been speculated, with...
The world’s coral reefs are bleaching. What does that mean? 全球面臨大規模珊瑚白化危機2024-04-29
Taipei Times: Huge stretches of coral reef around the world are turning a ghostly white this year amid record warm ocean temperatures. On April 15, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed the world’s fourth mass global bleaching event is underway —...
Pixar animator reveals how one last-minute change to Finding Nemo stopped the studio making its ...2024-04-29
Games Radar: Finding Nemo is one of Pixar's most beloved movies, but one of the animators behind the 2003 film has revealed that it was almost the studio's "first bad movie" – until one last-minute change was made. "Originally you found out through flashbacks. We all...