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Coral reefs off WA have been hit hard by a 2024-25 marine heatwave that was the longest, largest and most intense on record for the state, scientists and managers say. And temperature monitoring on site is revealing a hotter difference […]
Conservation groups are firing up over the Queensland government’s mixed messages on the Great Barrier Reef and coal mining in the wake of the AIMS report. And they now want a stop to new coal mines in the Mackay-Isaac-Whitsunday region.
Queensland is currently moving to accelerate new resource projects in August including a planned graphite mine for Croydon. It is asking companies to submit expressions of interest (EOI) in infill areas adjacent to current coal and gas projects. The government
Record hard coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef helped protect it amid a worsening bleaching crisis, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) says. In its annual survey of the Reef, it found the largest annual decline in coral
