Great Barrier Reef Might Not Be Dying After All: 112 Recovery Reefs Could Save Fragile Ecosystem Published Nov 29, 2017 at 8:17 AM EST Updated Jan 08, 2018 at 11:53 AM EST The Great Barrier Reef.

Coral bleaching was first recorded in the early 1980s, but the Great Barrier Reef has experienced four mass bleaching events that have devastated huge swaths of the reef. The first was in 1998 and ...

Illuminated only by a full moon, underwater photographer Michaela Skovranova and a group of divers parked in the Great Barrier Reef check the water around their boat for signs it's about to happen ...

The rare blood moon is a special signal for Great Barrier Reef corals to embark on an enormous baby-making event but it takes the help of scientists to ensure its success.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the largest in the world, is currently undergoing its fifth mass bleaching event in the last eight years. Corals bleach, turning a ghostly white color, when they're ...

By spanning over 135,000 square miles, the Great Barrier Reef eclipses the sizes of over 100 countries.Ranked among the world’s nations, the reef system would place 63rd, just between Germany ...

Aug. 7 (UPI) --Ocean temperatures surrounding the Great Barrier Reef are at their highest levels in 400 years, threatening "critical damage" to the iconic ecosystem, a study released Wednesday found.

The first recorded bleaching event at the Great Barrier Reef occurred in 1998, and a second was observed in 2002. After a 14-year gap, four others occurred in close succession: in 2016, 2017, 2020 ...

This is the Great Barrier Reef’s fifth major bleaching event in nine years. Scientists say it could be the biggest test yet of the 1,400-mile-long world wonder’s ability to recover.

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is all about superlatives. It is the world’s largest coral reef, extending some 1,400 miles off the east coast of Australia and covering some 133,000 square miles.