The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has announced it will allow the dumping of three million cubic metres of dredge spoil from the Abbot Point port redevelopment within the marine park’s boundaries…
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By the end of this week we will know whether the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority will allow dredge spoil from the Abbot Point port redevelopment to be dumped within the park’s boundaries. The…
More information has been uncovered to show how extreme weather events - such as the 2011 Queensland floods - impact the…
Few of us remember that the declaration of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and its subsequent World Heritage status was born out a 12-year popular struggle to prevent the most wondrous coral reef in…
After decades of work, A$200 million in taxpayer funding and even more from farmers’ pockets, we finally have a rare good news story to tell about the Great Barrier Reef. Thanks to an extraordinary effort…
Analyses of the deepwater, or mesophotic, reefs of the Great Barrier Reef has shown how the reef responds to global sea level…
A new species of sea slug has been found to inject its sexual partners with secretions that alter their behaviour. The sea…
The first complete, high resolution digital map of the Great Barrier Reef has been produced by a group of researchers from…
The Queensland and Australian government’s draft strategic assessment of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area has been released today. The strategic assessment was prompted by the 2012 UNESCO-IUCN…
New weed control techniques developed for sugarcane crops in Queensland could reduce herbicide runoffs into the Great Barrier…
Overfishing of sea cucumbers in the Great Barrier Reef has placed some species at the risk of extinction, a new study has…
On Monday, the Coalition announced its plan for the Great Barrier Reef, including a A$40m trust-fund to target threats to the Reef such as Crown of Thorns starfish and runoff from agriculture. The promises…
Announcements last week of the escalating damage to the Great Barrier Reef confirm Australia’s most famous and intensely managed Marine Protected Area has not been properly protected. UNESCO’s recent review…
Climate change could cause local extinctions of chocolate dipped damselfish that are highly specialised to the conditions…
Australia’s natural resources are reaching a crisis point as they struggle to support and sustain our lifestyles. But while degradation of these systems continues, research suggests the level of concern…
Last week, the Australian and Queensland governments released a reef report card which found the overall condition of the reef in 2010-2011 was “poor”. This was compared to its “moderate” condition in…
The Great Barrier Reef may have been spared the indignity of being listed as a World Heritage Area “in danger” this week, but the Reef’s woes are just beginning. There are 962 properties on the world heritage…
The world’s coral reefs are both beautiful and rich in biodiversity, supporting a number of marine species. However the negative effects of climate change and human activity have begun to take their toll…
Better land use could prevent further damage to the world’s coral reefs, according to a recent study. The findings have important…
Earlier this month, Australia’s Big Four banks copped a serve over their support of the coal and gas extraction industries, focusing attention on the ways large banks’ investment decisions can put the…
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Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University
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Professor, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Distinguished Professor, James Cook University
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Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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UNESCO Chair on Climate Change Variability of Natural and Cultural Heritage and Professor in Physics, James Cook University
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Associate professor, James Cook University
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Professor, Conservation Planning, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Honorary Fellow in Economics, The University of Queensland
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Research Program Director, Australian Institute of Marine Science
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor in Marine Science, James Cook University
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Professor of Marine Biology, James Cook University
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Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow, Partner Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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ARC Laureate Professor, The University of Melbourne and James Cook University, The University of Melbourne