Laboratory experiments confirm the accuracy of numerical modeling in simulating coral bleaching, according to new research ...

By July, 44% of the bleached colonies had died, with some coral genera, such as Acropora ... The southern Great Barrier Reef, despite its protected status, was not immune to the extreme heat ...

In 2016 and 2017, marine heat waves caused by climate change resulted in mass bleaching, which killed about half of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef, along with many others around the world.

26, 2025 — Coral diseases, particularly in the Caribbean, have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn (Acropora ... in Great Barrier Reef's Marine Reserves ...

Bleached Acropora table coral on One Tree Island reef, southern Great Barrier Reef. April 2024. Bleached Acropora and Porites coral at One Tree Island Reef Unbleached coral at One Tree Island reef ...

Western Australia’s Ningaloo has experienced the highest level of heat stress ever recorded, while coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef has been detected from Townsville to Cape York ...

One of the seven wonders of the natural world, the Great Barrier Reef lies in the clear blue waters off the northeast coast of Australia. Spanning 14 degrees of latitude, this complex reef system is ...

By contrast, corals on the Great Barrier Reef tend to spawn between October and December. For the reef to recover quickly, it needs yearly influxes of new coral recruits. But if corals are ...

The extraordinary synchronous spawning of the coral polyps that make up the Japan-sized Great Barrier Reef was partly discovered in Lizard Island’s waters. Station research has generated at ...