Record-breaking 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, a new ...

Bleached Acropora coral on One Tree Island reef, in April 2024. - Byrne Lab/The University of Sydney The bleaching hit areas of the reef not impacted before, and disease and death were found in ...

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, a new ...

A team of marine scientists from the University of Sydney has published the first peer-reviewed study documenting the devastating coral bleaching ... reefs is being tested like never before ...

A new study led by Prof. Adi Torfstein from the Hebrew University and Prof. Oren Levy from Bar-Ilan University, in ...

Marine scientists tracked coral colonies in a remote area of the Great Barrier Reef and found that corals previously more resilient to bleaching suffered devastating and fatal bleaching during ...

Coral reefs rely on a symbiosis between the coral itself and dinoflagellates, which harness sunlight to produce sugars, which they provide to the coral in return for protection and a place to grow.

The bleaching hit areas of the reef not impacted before, and disease and death were found in coral species considered resilient, the study found. “Seeing the impacts on a reef that has largely ...

A team of marine scientists from the University of Sydney has published the first peer-reviewed study documenting the devastating coral bleaching ... reefs is being tested like never before ...