Great Barrier Reef
Tourists Are Flocking to the Great Barrier Reef Because It’s Dying
Australia tried to hide information about the fragile Great Barrier Reef, but millions of tourists still got the memo.
Australia is Suing the Chinese Ship That Leaked Oil and Toxic Paint Onto the Great Barrier Reef
Tributyltin is a toxic chemical used to prevent marine life from growing on the hulls of ships. Understandably, it's not for scattering across reefs.
Saving the Great Barrier Reef Will Cost $6 Billion, But It Could Be Worse
New report from the Queensland government recommends altering land use and improvement farm management.
Here's Why the WWF is Buying a Licence to Hunt Sharks on the Great Barrier Reef
Basically it's because conservationists at the World Wildlife Fund love sharks.
Meet the Artist Fighting Malcolm Turnbull's Moderate Persona With GIFs
"The message I wanted to send with these GIFs, in an admittedly irreverent and simplistic way, is that our government is brutalising people."
The Reef, the Election, and How to Break Our Standstill on Climate Action
A few elections ago, Australia was talking about carbon pricing schemes and solar subsidies. We've gone backwards, but there's a way to get moving.
Election Breakdowns: Great Barrier Reef
In the final political explainer before the election, VICE's Wendy Syfret breaks down how the major parties plan to save the Barrier Reef from rising sea temperatures, sediment run off, and the good ship "jobs and growth."
Turns Out Dying Coral Reefs Smell Even Worse Than They Look
The Great Barrier Reef is a living animal. And bleaching is turning it into a stinking, decaying coral graveyard.
Report Says Huge Sections of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Are Dead
Mass coral bleaching has destroyed at least 35 percent of the northern and central Great Barrier Reef, a major blow to the World Heritage Site that attracts about $3.59 billion US dollars in tourism each year.
To Save the Great Barrier Reef, We May Have to Selectively Breed it
Melbourne-based scientists have identified stress-resistant corals that could be potentially bred and moved into areas affected by bleaching.
The Ocean Conditions That Are Bleaching the Great Barrier Reef May Be the New Normal in 20 Years
A group of Australian researchers found that human-caused climate change made it 175 times more likely that the Great Barrier Reef would experience a bleaching event.