Great Barrier Reef’s Hamilton Island to be bought by US private equity firm in reported $1.2bn sale Blackstone says it has agreed to buy popular Whitsundays island from Australian winemaking family

#Great_Barrier_Reef’ s Hamilton Island to be bought by US private equity firm in reported $1.2bn sale

Blackstone says it has agreed to buy popular Whitsundays island from #Australian winemaking family

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The surprising technology that could be key to saving the Great Barrier Reef First Nations rangers from the world's biggest reef are learning coral spawning techniques in one of the largest restoration trials to date.

The surprising technology that could be key to saving the #Great_Barrier_Reef

#First_Nations rangers from the world's biggest reef are learning #coral spawning techniques in one of the largest restoration trials to date

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Queensland land-clearing figures show state remains ‘deforestation capital of Australia’, conservationists say Overall clearing was up 3%, with almost half in Great Barrier Reef catchment areas while 21% was remnant woodland, government data shows

#Queensland land-clearing figures show state remains ‘ #deforestation capital of #Australia’, conservationists say

Overall clearing was up 3%, with almost half in #Great_Barrier_Reef catchment areas while 21% was remnant woodland, government data shows

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Great Barrier Reef coral cover decline shows 'ecosystem under stress' The Australian Institute of Marine Science says coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef has declined after mass bleaching events, with experts warning it faces a future of "increased volatility".

Great Barrier Reef coral cover decline shows ' #ecosystem under stress'

Hard #coral cover has declined significantly across the #Great_Barrier_Reef, following a record bleaching event in 2024

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Six-month 'in danger' warning for Great Barrier Reef repeated at UN meeting Australia has again been given a six-month warning to avoid the Great Barrier Reef being placed on the World Heritage Committee's "in danger" list, with the UN body warning its long-term outlook remai...

Six-month 'in danger' warning for Great Barrier Reef repeated at UN meeting

#Australia has again been warned it has six months to avoid a possible "in danger" listing for the #Great_Barrier_Reef from UNESCO's World Heritage Committee

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Australia’s next government may be Great Barrier Reef’s last chance after sixth mass bleaching, conservationist says Consecutive and severe bleaching is ‘fundamentally changing’ nature of reef, the International Coral Reef Society says

#Australia ‘s next government may be #Great_Barrier_Reef ‘s last chance after sixth mass bleaching, conservationist says

Consecutive and severe bleaching is ‘fundamentally changing’ nature of #reef, the International Coral Reef Society says

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#Big_moms make big impact—half of the coral trout caught on #Great_Barrier_Reef found to be from #marine_reserves

#Australia #reef #ocean #coral #trout

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Australia tried to influence other countries and Unesco to keep Great Barrier Reef off in-danger list Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia show a sustained strategy approved by environment minister Tanya Plibersek

Australia tried to influence other countries and Unesco to keep #Great_Barrier_Reef off in-danger list

Documents seen by Guardian #Australia show a sustained strategy approved by environment minister #Tanya_Plibersek

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‘Catastrophic’: Great Barrier Reef hit by its most widespread coral bleaching, study finds More than 40% of individual corals monitored around One Tree Island reef bleached by heat stress and damaged by flesh-eating disease

‘Catastrophic’: #Great_Barrier_Reef hit by its most widespread coral bleaching, study finds

More than 40% of individual #corals monitored around One Tree Island reef bleached by #heat_stress and damaged by flesh-eating disease

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'Our worst fears': Scientists warn of damage to Great Barrier Reef Large sections of the Great Barrier Reef appear to have been smashed by climate change and cyclones this year, with one reef near Lizard Island losing nearly three quarters of its coral cover since th...

Parts of #Great_Barrier_Reef record worst coral loss in 39 years, early AIMS survey results show

Some northern parts of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered their biggest annual decline in coral cover in the 39 years of a long-running marine monitoring program

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