Great reef catastrophe

The Age

02 October 2012

Half the Great Barrier Reef's coral has disappeared in the past 27 years and less than a quarter could be left within a decade unless action is taken, a landmark study has found.

A long-term investigation of the reef by scientists at Townsville's Australian Institute of Marine Science found coral had been wiped out by intense tropical cyclones, a native species of starfish and coral bleaching. Read more

Related Projects: 
Project 1.1 'Monitoring status and trends of coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef'