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CSIRO: Understanding coral recovery to help restore the Great Barrier Reef
We have been conducting innovative coral spawning research at Heron Island to help restore damaged areas of the Great Barrier Reef as part of the...
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The Great Barrier Reef: Coral, Carbon & Climate Change
The future of the Great Barrier Reef, one of the world’s most significant marine environments, is under threat due to modern industry and...
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How Scientists Are Restoring The Great Barrier Reef
Despite mass coral bleaching events in the summers of 2016 and 2017 that badly damaged parts of the reef, much of the marine park — roughly the...
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AIMS: Artificial intelligence from the reef to the cloud
Professor Gonzalez, partnering with the Australian Institute for Marine Science (AIMS), has captured data from drones flying at 60m above the...
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RangerBot: The Robo Reef Protector
RangerBot is the world’s first underwater robotic system for coral reef environments, using only robot-vision for real-time navigation. The...
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Reef 2050: Education and awareness help protect the Reef
Students and a teacher at Queensland’s Cannonvale Public School talk about why the Great Barrier Reef located on their doorstep is important and...
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Reef 2050: Confronting the challenges facing the Reef
Reef 2050 Independent Expert Panel Chair and former chief scientist Ian Chubb discusses the challenges facing the Great Barrier Reef and the...
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Reef 2050: Plan Investment Framework
The Reef 2050 Plan’s Investment Framework is a new way to drive investment in actions that help the Great Barrier Reef and is a shared vision of...
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DCCEEW: Using the best available science to protect the Reef
Some of Australia’s leading scientists from many disciplines have come together to better help protect the Reef.
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DCCEEW: Controlling erosion in the Burdekin to help protect our Reef
Jared Sunderland, NQ Dry Tropics and Chris LeFeuvre, Burdekin cattle grazier, talk about controlling erosion through water diversion. Chris is...
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CSIRO: Extreme climate events impact on marine habitats in Australia
CSIRO researchers have collated the combined impact of ‘extreme climate events’ on Australia’s coastal ecosystems, discovering almost half...
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CSIRO: Vinegar a secret weapon in the fight against crown-of-thorns starfish
Not all starfish are the stuff of fairy tales. The crown-of-thorns Starfish eats massive amounts of coral on our favourite Aussie icon — the...
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CSIRO: How can we solve the ocean plastic crisis?
Our researchers are looking into the source, distribution and fate of marine plastics and how this waste is impacting on our ecosystems globally....
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On Lady Elliot Island with Peter Gash
Explore a place where you’ll be inspired by what sustainable eco-tourism can achieve for its environment. A place where 80 species of birds and...
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Baby coral breakthrough - ABC News
For the first time, researchers have accelerated the formation of new coral colonies on small areas in the Great Barrier Reef using ‘baby...
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Resilient Reefs- Great Barrier Reef Foundation
A world first project to give key World-Heritage listed coral reef sites the best possible chance at survival by building resilience in the face...
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Further Study:
Central Queensland University
Coastal Marine Ecosystems Research Centre (https://www.cqu.edu.au/research/organisations/cmerc)
07 4930 9000
James Cook University
Orpheus Island Research Centre (https://www.jcu.edu.au/orpheus-island)
07 4781 4111
Southern Cross University
Reefs & Oceans (https://www.scu.edu.au/research/reefs-and-oceans/)
1899 626 481