ESA Releases Satellite View of the Great Barrier Reef

ESA Releases Satellite View of the Great Barrier Reef

The image was obtained by the Landsat-8 satellite

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 22nd, 2014
250,000 Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Killed in Australia Over the Past 21 Months

250,000 Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Killed in Australia Over the Past 21 Months

The starfish eat corals, specialists say they represent a threat to the Great Barrier Reef

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 6th, 2014
Damage to the Great Barrier Reef May Already Be Irreversible

Damage to the Great Barrier Reef May Already Be Irreversible

Drastic action is needed in order to save the world's largest coral reef system

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 12th, 2013
Major Coal Port Expansion Spells “Doom” for the Great Barrier Reef

Major Coal Port Expansion Spells “Doom” for the Great Barrier Reef

The port expansion was recently approved by Australia's environment minister Greg Hunt

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 29th, 2013
New Map Covers Entire Great Barrier Reef

New Map Covers Entire Great Barrier Reef

The formation is the largest and most important coral reef in the world

The US Navy Readies to Retrieve Bombs Dropped on the Great Barrier Reef

The US Navy Readies to Retrieve Bombs Dropped on the Great Barrier Reef

The Navy says it will work closely with the Australian military, marine park officials

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 22nd, 2013
US Fighter Jets Drop 4 Bombs on the Great Barrier Reef

US Fighter Jets Drop 4 Bombs on the Great Barrier Reef

The bombs were unarmed, the military maintains the reef has not been harmed

Eco-Friendly Boat Will Soon Patrol the Great Barrier Reef

Eco-Friendly Boat Will Soon Patrol the Great Barrier Reef

The boat will be powered by solar panels, rarely put its diesel generators to work

Watch: Steve Irwin's Father Asks People to Protect the Great Barrier Reef

Watch: Steve Irwin's Father Asks People to Protect the Great Barrier Reef

Bob Irwin warns about the consequences of destroying this natural ecosystem

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 2nd, 2012
Sea Star Plague Causes Extensive Damage to Great Barrier Reef

Sea Star Plague Causes Extensive Damage to Great Barrier Reef

Experts say that coral populations are severely endangered by the invasion

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 1st, 2012
Sediments Can Promote Coral Reef Development

Sediments Can Promote Coral Reef Development

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 12th, 2012
The Great Barrier Reef Now in Danger of Being Destroyed

The Great Barrier Reef Now in Danger of Being Destroyed

Conservationists argue that Australia's mining industry is to blame for this

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 23rd, 2008
Reef Seabirds Endangered by Climate Change

Reef Seabirds Endangered by Climate Change

Increasing temperatures disrupt the delicate balance in their ecosystems