Most recent
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4 Sep 2014:
Report says more studies needed into impacts of dredging and calls for end to cuts to government agencies that protect reef
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1 Aug 2014: Tim Flannery: The Great Barrier Reef is sick. Almost half of its coral is already dead and a massive new coal mine, which was given final approval this week, will only cause further damage. This is not just an issue for Australia, it affects us all
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21 Jul 2014:
Guardian Australia: Senate committee hears reef will be ‘pretty ugly’ within 40 years with large swaths of seaweed where complex coral structures once thrived
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16 Jul 2014: Study finds sediment exposure can double risk of disease, raising questions over Abbot Point expansion impact on Great Barrier Reef
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12 Jul 2014: The Marshall Islands minister Tony de Brum stresses the importance of forthcoming emissions targets, especially for countries less than two metres above the rising oceans
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Audio
(44min 07sec),
7 Jul 2014:
Mathematician Robbert Dijkgraaf on Einstein, Chomsky and the need for a place for great minds to think big
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2 Jul 2014: Major report warns that loss of grazing fish due to pollution and overfishing is a key driver of region’s coral decline
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1 Jul 2014: Johnny Langenheim: A former blast fisherman now patrols and protects a coral reef, and could help make a million hectare marine park a reality
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27 Jun 2014:
Expedition reveals 80 new species of fish, coral and algae in the pristine waters of British overseas territory in the Pacific Ocean
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18 Jun 2014: Approval for dumping dredged material as part of Abbot Point coal development could place site on Unesco list of shame
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Leo DiCaprio on the Great Barrier Reef: 'I've witnessed environmental devastation firsthand’ - video
Video
(48 sec),
18 Jun 2014:
In a powerful speech at the Our Oceans conference in Washington, the actor spoke about diving the Great Barrier Reef over the past 20 years and the coral bleaching and 'dead zones' he saw on a recent visit
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5 Jun 2014:
Johnny Langenheim: Warm seas could wreck havoc across South America and Asia and devastate the Coral Triangle – Earth's underwater Amazon
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Video
(38 sec),
8 May 2014:
A night-time dive in the waters off Cocos Island, Costa Rica, captured this video of large numbers of white-tip reef sharks feeding over one of the rich coral reefs
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Video
(1min 23sec),
2 May 2014:
The Great Barrier Reef has lost almost half its coral cover over 30 years. But what's responsible: storms, starfish, or the ship-ton of sand that's being poured on to it to accommodate ships used by the mining industry? Satirists A Rational Fear investigate
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23 Apr 2014:
Ads state there is no scientific evidence linking degradation of the reef to development
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