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Climate
In this photo supplied by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), a diver swims past coral on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Oct. 18, 2016.

Australia says most Great Barrier Reef coral studied this year was bleached

May 10, 2022
Australian scientists confirm the mass bleaching, yet are hopeful the world's largest coral reef ecosystem can recover.
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Climate
Australia's Great Barrier Reef has experienced four mass bleaching events in the last seven years, like this one in 2017. Scientists warn repeated bleaching makes it tough for corals to recover.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is hit with mass coral bleaching yet again

Mar 26, 2022
Some corals have turned a ghostly white due to extreme heat stress. It's the fourth bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef in the last seven years, which makes it harder to recover.
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Science
The Australian federal government has downgraded its long-term outlook of the Great Barrier Reef to "very poor," and it says that climate change is the most significant threat.

Australia Says Great Barrier Reef Has 'Very Poor' Outlook, Climate Change To Blame

Aug 30, 2019
"Despite concerted efforts and investments, the condition of the Great Barrier Reef has declined since 2014, and this is largely due to the impacts from climate change," the main scientist said.
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Asia
NASA's Terra satellite captured the mass of floating pumice rock on August 13.

Giant Pumice Raft Floating Towards Australia Could Help Replenish Great Barrier Reef

Aug 25, 2019
An underwater volcano is thought to have produced a sheet of pumice that stretches 58 square miles.
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Environment

A Mountaineer Writes A Firsthand Report From The World's Melting Glaciers

Jan 20, 2019
NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro speaks with journalist Dahr Jamail about his new book, "The End of Ice," on climate change and its consequences to nature and humans.
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The Two-Way
A crown-of-thorns starfish (<em>Acanthaster planci</em>) feeds on coral at the Great Barrier Reef, off Queensland, Australia. The starfish is one of several threats to the reef.

Australia Investing $377 Million To Protect Great Barrier Reef

Apr 30, 2018
Storms, warmer waters and coral-eating starfish have harmed the iconic coral reef system off Australia's coast. Now the Australian government has announced a plan to boost funding for the reef.
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The Two-Way
There are "winners" and "losers" among corals as they respond to the accumulating impacts of climate change.

Climate Change Is Killing Coral On The Great Barrier Reef

Apr 18, 2018
The ecosystem has collapsed for 29 percent of the 3,863 reefs in the giant coral reef system, according to new research. Scientists are learning which corals are the "winners" and "losers."
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The Two-Way
The sex of green sea turtles is determined by the egg's temperature as it's being incubated.

Climate Change Means 'Virtually No Male Turtles' Born In A Key Nesting Ground

Jan 10, 2018
Like many reptiles, the sex of a turtle is determined by how warm the egg is as it's being incubated. And small temperature differences can cause dramatic changes in the male-to-female ratio.
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Parallels
A bleached coral like this one – hundreds of years old – is becoming a more common sight along the Great Barrier Reef, where scientists say an average of a third of all coral died last year alone.

While Corals Die Along The Great Barrier Reef, Humans Struggle To Adjust

Jul 09, 2017
It's the world's biggest coral reef system, home to some 400 types of coral. In the past 18 months, rising ocean temperatures helped cause the single greatest loss of coral ever recorded there.
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The Two-Way
Bleached coral photographed during an aerial survey near Cairns, Australia, in March 2017.

Great Barrier Reef Hit By Bleaching For The Second Year In A Row

Apr 10, 2017
Scientists say severe bleaching events have happened three other times in the past 20 years — but never in consecutive years. They fear that prolonged stress could kill the corals.
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The Two-Way
Ouch. Fangblennies have two large hollow fangs that deliver venom.

A Tiny Fish With Fearsome Fangs Uses An Opioid-Like Venom To Escape Enemies

Mar 31, 2017
New research shows the 2-inch fangblenny bites bigger fish and releases an opioid-based venom. The larger fish becomes disoriented, and the little guy gets away.
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The Two-Way
Bleached and flourescing corals on the northern Great Barrier Reef, April 2016.

Study: 'Urgent' Action Against Global Warming Needed To Save Coral Reefs

Mar 16, 2017
After another major coral bleaching event, a new study has concluded that securing a future for coral reefs "ultimately requires urgent and rapid action to reduce global warming."
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The Two-Way
A northwesterly view of the Bligh Reef area off Cape York in northern Australia. Depths are red (shallow) to blue (deep), over a depth range of about 150 feet. The green area shows the newly discovered doughnut-shaped structures created by algae.

Massive 'Doughnut' Reef Discovered Behind Australia's Great Barrier Reef

Sep 02, 2016
The reef structure covers more than 2,000 square miles north of the Great Barrier Reef. What might live there and even what it looks like up close, is still largely a mystery.
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The Two-Way
A fisherman surveys the shallow coral reef near a small island in Papua New Guinea. Some of the reefs around these islands are surprisingly healthy as a result of active fishery management by local people.

Study Finds 15 'Bright Spots' Where Coral Reefs Aren't Dying As Fast As Expected

Jun 16, 2016
Around the world, warm oceans and human interference are still causing massive reef "bleaching." A newly released study looks at what's different about these healthier-than-expected reefs.
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The Two-Way
Bleached coral near Lizard Island showing heavy algal overgrowth.

New Photos Show The Rapid Pace Of Great Barrier Reef Bleaching

May 14, 2016
Over six months, healthy coral is bleached and then covered with algae. Scientists say bleaching has hit 93 percent of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia's "biggest ever environmental disaster."
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The Two-Way
This undated picture of bleached coral (lower right) on part of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia was taken by Prof. Terry Hughes during an aerial survey of the reef.

Massive 'Bleaching' Affects Great Barrier Reef

Mar 29, 2016
Scientists in Australia say high water temperatures are causing a large part of the reef to loose its color — an indicator of declining coral health.
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The Two-Way
Tourists snorkel around Upolu Cay on the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns off the Australian northeast coast in December 1998.

#NPRreads: 3 Stories To Check Out This Weekend

Jan 09, 2016
Read about how robots could save the Great Barrier Reef, why Americans work so much, and what art projects veterans are making to help them recover from post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Science
Jessica Silk and Billy Costello join Mote Marine Laboratory scientists planting staghorn coral on a depleted reef off Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys. The lab is growing and transplanting some 70,000 fragments.

Scientists Catch Up On The Sex Life Of Coral To Help Reefs Survive

Mar 19, 2015
It's all in the timing. Biologists haven't been able to breed embryos of the rare, pillar coral in the lab because it's been tough to catch the creatures in the act.
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