Great Barrier Reef - Wikipedia The Great Barrier Reef has long been known to and used by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and is an important part of local groups' cultures and spirituality [citation needed] [clarification needed] The first European to sight the Great Barrier Reef was James Cook in 1770, who sailed and mapped the east coast of Australia On 11 June 1770, Cook's ship, HMS
Australias Great Barrier Reef suffers record coral decline . . . SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered the largest decline in coral cover in two of its three regions over the last year, research released on Wednesday showed, following a
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - Wikipedia The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protects a large part of Australia's Great Barrier Reef from damaging activities It is a vast multiple-use Marine Park which supports a wide range of uses, including commercial marine tourism, fishing, ports and shipping, recreation, scientific research and Indigenous traditional use Fishing and the removal of artefacts or wildlife (fish, coral, seashells
Tourism on the Great Barrier Reef - Wikipedia A scuba diver looking at a giant clam on the Great Barrier Reef Tourism is one of the major industries in the Great Barrier Reef region Approximately 2 19 million people visit the Great Barrier Reef each year [1] According to the WWF, tourism of the area contributes $5 89 billion a year to the Australian economy, and employs approximately 69,000 people [2] Biologist Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Great Barrier Reef may partially recover from grim future . . . The Great Barrier Reef is headed for a "grim future" and will suffer a "rapid coral decline" by 2050 but parts may recover if global warming is kept below 2C, a new study has found Researchers at
Heron Island (Queensland) - Wikipedia Heron Island is a coral cay located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef It is 87 kilometres (54 miles) north-east of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, and 460 km (290 mi) north-north-west of the state capital Brisbane
Great Barrier Reef Has Highest Growth Of Coral In 36 Years - AOL The Great Barrier Reef is showing signs of repair The reef has been suffering from a large amount of ocean bleaching due to the rise in ocean temperatures Unfortunately, the Great Barrier Reef
Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef - Wikipedia This map of pH on the Great Barrier Reef presents the exposure to ocean acidification on each of the 3,581 reefs, providing managers with the information they need to tailor management to individual reefs