Anultra-finebiodegradablefilmsome50,000timesthinnerthanahumanhaircouldbeenlistedtoprotecttheGreatBarrierReeffromenvironmentaldegradation,researcherssaidTuesday.
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CoralbredinonepartoftheGreatBarrierReefwassuccessfullytransplantedintoanotherarea,AustralianscientistssaidSunday,inaprojecttheyhopecouldrestoredamagedecosystems
Somecoralsmaynaturallyadapttoclimatechange,buttheirabilitytosurvivecouldbeoutpacedbyglobalwarmingunlesscutsaremadetogreenhousegasemissions,researcherssaidWednes
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Coralreefbleachingmaybeeasingafterthreeyearsofhighoceantemperatures,thelongestsuchperiodsincethe1980s,theNationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministrationsaidonMonday
About 70 percent of the Sekisei Lagoon coral reef in Okinawa Prefecture, the largest such reef in the nation, has died, according to the Environment Ministry.
Scientists estimate that half the coral in protected reefs around Fiji have been bleached, the government-owned Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) confirmed Monday.
Researchers have uncovered coral bleaching for the first time on record in Sydney Harbor, AAP reported on Tuesday.
Australia's environment minister has said bleaching in the world-famous Great Barrier Reef is "major and significant", after renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough said climate change has put the attraction in "grave danger".
Coral bleaching on the world heritage listed Great Barrier Reef is worse than feared after senior scientists have discovered that the impact is further south than first thought.
Australia's great barrier reef is now being threatened by the third global coral bleaching event, the longest the world has ever seen, as the devastation could last well into 2017.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef may have avoided a significant bleaching event this year, however it is not out of the woods just yet, a government minister said Thursday.
An outbreak of coral eating Crown of Thorns starfish (COTs) on the Great Barrier Reef could become the worst on record with conservationists fearing numbers could soar from 4 million to 60 million by 2020.