Tagged with Great Barrier Reef

Contrary to popular belief, organic suspended particulate matter on the Great Barrier Reef doesn’t come from river run-off

Project to develop catchment gully erosion model for healthier Great Barrier Reef.

Publication proposes way forward for the 21 World Heritage Committee signatories to deal with climate change threat.  

Study finds 30 years of management approaches do not adequately address climate change threats to the Great Barrier Reef.

A tongue-in-cheek editorial about the death of the Great Barrier Reef undermined efforts to build action on climate change and amplified conflict a new study has found.

Toxic chemicals are accumulating in Great Barrier Reef turtles and fish species popular with consumers, according to a new report by Griffith University and the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia.

Griffith researchers have demonstrated that bank and gully erosion contributes more than 90 per cent of sediment loads to the GBR in many catchments.