GREAT BARRIER REEF Top Stories

Far North island cracks top five resort list2020-07-09
The Daily Telegraph Australia: A GREATBarrier Reef island resort off the Far North Queensland coast has been recognised in a prestigious global travel award list. ......
Back In BIG-ness: Tennessee Aquarium IMAX Theater Reopening July 172020-07-09
The Pulse: Tennessee AquariumIMAX Theater reopening July 17 with new health measures in place Soon, the biggest screen in Chattanooga will once more transport audiences into amazing locations on larger-than-life cinematic...
Extremely Aggressive Seaweed Just Ate an Entire Coral Reef2020-07-09
Treehugger: A newly discovered form of algae that looks a lot like a tumbleweed rolled up on a pristine coral reef north of Hawaii — and feasted on it. Even more alarming, the reef, which is part of the protected 2,000-mile Northwestern Hawaiian Islands marine habitat,...
Why This Year Is Our Last, Best Chance For Saving the Oceans2020-07-09
Time Magazine: For MickBaron, the giant kelp forests of Tasmania were a playground, a school and a church. The former marine biologist runs a scuba-diving center on the Australian island’s east coast, and rhapsodizes about the wonders of the seaweed’s dense...
Why I do't have a child: my climate crisis anxiety2020-07-09
Yahoo Daily News: My partner and I live in a one-bedroom apartment in Toronto. We both work in creative industries in an increasingly unaffordable city, but we get by. So far, we’ve been insulated from the harsher effects of our warming planet. We’re victims of neither floods...
Helpful Facts to Know When Moving to Pensacola, FL2020-07-09
Public Technologies: Shares So you're moving to Pensacola? Congratulations! You are about to be let in on the best secret the Southeast has to offer. Pensacola may have once been a sleepy town on Florida's panhandle, but after experiencing a downtown revival in the last 15 years,...
Texas Fishing Report2020-07-09
The News-Enterprise: The weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for July 8 and also available on the internet at https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/recreational/fishreport.phtml: CENTRAL AUSTIN: GOOD. Water clear; 88 degrees; 0.77' low....
Aggressive seaweed smothers one of world’s most remote reefs2020-07-08
New York Post: HONOLULU — Researchers say a recently discovered species of seaweed is killing large patches of coral on once-pristine reefs and is rapidly spreading across one of the most remote and protected ocean environments on earth. A study from the University of Hawaii...
These six photos were snapped by satellites. Can you figure out where?2020-07-08
Popular Science: We know you are bored at home right now—we are too. Here are some puzzles and brainteasers to challenge your family and friends with, either in person or over video chat. Some 5,000 satellites currently orbit...
How champion snowboarder Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin was enjoying a simple life of music and fishing ...2020-07-08
The Daily Mail: Champion snowboarder Alex Pullin was living a simple life on the Gold Coast with his model girlfriend before he tragically died in a freak accident on Wednesday. The two time World Championship and three-time Olympian was spearfishing off the coast of Palm...
Aggressive new seaweed is killing coral reefs in remote Hawaiian island chain2020-07-08
The Los Angeles Times: HONOLULU — Researchers say a recently discovered species of seaweed is killing large patches of coral on once-pristine reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and is rapidly spreading across one of the most remote and protected ocean environments...
Aggressive seaweed smothers one of world's most remote reefs2020-07-08
Times Free Press: HONOLULU (AP) — Researchers say a recently discovered species of seaweed is killing large patches of coral on once-pristine reefs and is rapidly spreading across one of the most remote and protected ocean environments on earth. A study from the...
Seaweed smothers one of the world’s most remote reefs2020-07-07
East Bay Times: By CalebJones | Associated Press HONOLULU — Researchers say a recently discovered species of seaweed is killing large patches of coral on once-pristine reefs and is rapidly spreading across one of the most remote and protected ocean environments on earth. A...
Brit who survived shark attack cracks joke minutes after having foot bitten off2020-07-07
The Mirror: Backpacker, Alistair Raddon, was snorkelling in Australia'sGreat Barrier Reef with his pal Danny Maggs when they were attacked by a shark ......