the Great Barrier Reef is 2,300km long -- roughly the length of Italy -- and is the only living organism that can be seen from space. When Veron, a former Chief Scientist at the Australian ...

The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system. It stretches over 2,300 kilometres along the coast of Queensland, Australia. Made up of nearly 3,000 reefs and 900 islands, it is a ...

And can it be reversed? Narrator: The Great Barrier Reef is big. So big, in fact, that you can see it from space. David Wachenfeld: It's important for people to remember that the Great Barrier ...

The Great Barrier Reef has been seriously damaged ... albedo which in past years reflected solar radiation back to outer space. Here’s the really bad news, actually, horrible news: “The ...

The Great Barrier Reef has been seriously damaged by too much ocean heat. According to University of Sydney: The damage is at catastrophic levels. And as stated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Many visitors say the Great Barrier Reef is best seen through ... Known locally as the Outer Barrier Reef, these reefs are ideal for first-time divers and families because of the one- to three ...

Dugongs and sea turtles swim in the waters around the island. Part of the outer Great Barrier Reef, Wheeler Reef lies some 40 nautical miles off the coast of Townsville. Wheeler Reef is off the beaten ...

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels ...

Marine scientists from the University of Sydney yesterday have published the first peer-reviewed study documenting “catastrophic” coral bleaching events at the southern Great Barrier Reef in ...

Scientists have found that coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef has reached "catastrophic" levels. More than 40% of corals monitored near an island in the southern reef were killed ...