The Great Barrier Reef first saw widespread bleaching in 1998. Since then it has experienced three more mass bleaching events – a consequence of rapidly rising temperatures.

Without coral reefs, there could be a rippling ecosystem collapse in the oceans, with devastating effects on the planet.

The Great Barrier Reef is unlikely to survive as more than a small, sad remnant of its past glory.

A relationship formed millions of years ago, around the time dinosaurs first appeared on earth, between coral and algae is under strain and it's transforming the Great Barrier Reef.

Australia’s iconic heritage site is at a turning point, and coral will be destroyed ‘for hundreds if not thousands of years’ by hikes in carbon dioxide and the average global temperature, states a...

THE Great Barrier Reef is likely to be dead within two decades, experts have warned, with climate change leading to more frequent and severe coral bleaching.

Marine heat waves, associated with climate change, cause the rapid death of corals, research reveals.

Five years after massive patch of warm water appeared, scientists take stock

Few feel the pain of the Great Barrier Reef's decline more acutely than the scientists trying to save it. Ahead of a UN climate summit, two researchers write of their grief, and hope.