barrier reef

Keeling Island -- Singular appearance -- Scanty Flora -- Transport of Seeds -- Birds and Insects -- Ebbing and flowing Springs -- Fields of dead Coral -- Stones transported in the roots of Trees -- Great Crab -- Stinging Corals -- Coral eating Fish -- Coral Formations -- Lagoon Islands, or Atolls -- Depth at which reef-building Corals can live -- Vast Areas interspersed with low Coral Islands -- Subsidence of their foundations -- Barrier Reefs -- Fringing Reefs -- Conversion of Fringing Reefs into Barrier Reefs, and into Atolls -- Evidence of changes in Level -- Breaches in Barrier Reefs -- Maldiva Atolls, their peculiar structure -- Dead and submerged Reefs -- Areas of subsidence and elevation -- Distribution of Volcanoes -- Subsidence slow, and vast in amount

The company used publicly available data and a survey of 1,500 Australians and residents from 10 countries around the world to determine the Great Barrier Reef's value, (https://www2.deloitte.com/au/en/pages/economics/articles/great-barrier-reef.html#download) the report  said.

In a return to the dark days of the 1980s, oil sharks are again circling Australia's greatest natural icon, the Great Barrier Reef, in search of petroleum and profits.

The Australian government said in a (http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/our-work/outlook-report-2019) report Friday that the outlook for the Great Barrier Reef has been downgraded to "very poor" from "poor" and that the reef is in danger due to climate change. 

A massive "raft" of volcanic rock has been found floating in the Pacific Ocean, and it could help heal Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

A Uber submarine diving on the Great Barrier Reef at Heron Island in Queensland.

The sub will take two passengers down to 20 meters below sea level and along designated dive paths around the reef, in partnership with environmental advocacy group Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef.

Sydney: Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, could suffer a bleaching event every two years by 2034 under the current level of greenhouse gas pollution, according to a study published on Thursday.

COMMONWEALTH Games golden boy Adam Peaty has been making a splash - on the Great Barrier Reef.

A new study by Australian researchers suggested it's highly unlikely the Great Barrier Reef will ever fully recover from the bleaching event in 2016, reported Xinhua news agency.