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    Great Barrier Reef Experiences ‘Widespread’ Bleaching

    Great Barrier Reef Experiences ‘Widespread’ Bleaching

    The coral of the Great Barrier Reef is experiencing “widespread” bleaching just two years after the reef’s last mass bleaching event in 2020. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority said Friday it had observed the bleaching after conducting surveillance flights over the 1,243-mile reef, as AFP reported.  “Bleaching has been detected across the Marine […]

    Great Barrier Reef at Risk of More Mass Bleaching

    Great Barrier Reef at Risk of More Mass Bleaching

    After record-high temperatures for the last four months of 2021, the Great Barrier Reef is at risk of another mass bleaching event. Experts are shocked and concerned by the unprecedented levels of heat stress on the corals. From September through December 14, 2021, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) noted more heat stress over the […]

    First IVF Corals Spawn Successfully on Great Barrier Reef

    First IVF Corals Spawn Successfully on Great Barrier Reef

    There’s hope that an innovative idea may have what it takes to help save the beleaguered Great Barrier Reef. For the first time, Coral IVF babies have themselves reproduced on a previously degraded reef, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF) announced Monday. “We couldn’t be more excited to see that these coral babies have grown […]

    Nobel-Winning Stock Market Theory Aids Threatened Coral Reefs

    Nobel-Winning Stock Market Theory Aids Threatened Coral Reefs

    A Nobel Prize-winning economic investment theory shows promising early signs of helping to save threatened coral reefs, scientists say. Researchers at University of Queensland in Australia used a mathematical framework called modern portfolio theory (MPT) to pinpoint the world’s 50 coral reefs or coral sanctuaries that are most likely to survive the climate crisis and […]