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Australia pumps cash into Great Barrier Reef protection

SYDNEY, Austalia (AFP) - Australia unveiled a billion-dollar package to protect the climate-ravaged Great Barrier Reef on Friday, hoping to…

4 years ago

Aussie scientists turn to drones to protect sea turtles

BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) -- Australian researchers have discovered they were underestimating numbers at the world's largest sea turtle nesting site…

6 years ago

Fears flood water runoff could ‘smother’ Barrier Reef

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Runoff from recent floods in northern Australia is flowing onto parts of the Barrier Reef, scientists…

7 years ago

Biggest coral reseeding project launches on Great Barrier Reef

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Scientists have launched the largest-ever attempt to regenerate coral on the endangered Great Barrier Reef by…

8 years ago

‘Sinking’ Pacific nation is getting bigger: study

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- The Pacific nation of Tuvalu -- long seen as a prime candidate to disappear as…

8 years ago

Giant sea snail plan to rescue Barrier Reef

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A giant starfish-eating snail could be unleashed to help save the Great Barrier Reef, officials said Monday,…

9 years ago

Vinegar offers hope in Barrier Reef starfish battle

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Coral-munching crown-of-thorns starfish can be safely killed by common household vinegar, scientists revealed Thursday in a…