coral bleaching

Australian PM pledges A$1 billion to help ailing Great Barrier Reef

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, facing a tight re-election battle, pledged a A$1 billion ($738 million) fund for the Great Barrier Reef, where...

Climate change threatens ‘to wipe out reefs in global coral bleaching event’

Thousands of square miles of coral reef will be wiped out in a catastrophe brought on by warming temperatures in the ocean, scientists warn.