GREAT BARRIER REEF Top Stories

Film follows a green sea turtle hatchling's epic journey through the South Pacific2020-02-12
Times Free Press: In the animal kingdom, humpback whales, caribou and even monarch butterflies regularly undertake lengthy migrations. Beginning Friday, Feb. 14, audiences at the Tennessee AquariumImax 3D Theater will more fully appreciate these journeys after watching a green...
Benefits set to flow with Bowen’s recycled water network upgraded2020-02-11
Public Technologies: The upgrade and expansion of Bowen's recycled water network is now complete, supported by the Palaszczuk Government's successful $365 million Building our Regions (BoR) program. More than $2 million of BoR funding was approved for the project and was matched...
High-tech lab goes to sea to find heat resistant corals2020-02-10
Public Technologies: Marine scientists are using portable ship-borne aquaria in the search for heat-resistant corals that could survive warming ocean temperatures caused by climate change. Dr Luke Thomas from The University of Western Australia's OceansInstitute and the...
Dreamtime Dive and Snorkel2020-02-09
The Daily Telegraph Australia: DreamtimeDive and Snorkel ranger Lazerus Friday tells the aboriginal dreamtime story of the creation of the Great Barrier Reef. VIDEO: Brendan Radke - Cairns Post. ......
A favorite vacation destination2020-02-09
Arkansas Online: We've visited most of Europe, North Africa, several of the former eastern European countries, Mexico, Canada, Central America, and Brazil. Our trips have always been a pleasure, but there is a special country we keep going back to: Belize. Here's why: In 1972,...
Gibson, Sherrie Platt2020-02-09
Statesville Record & Landmark: July 6, 1940 - February 6, 2020 Sherrie Platt Gibson, 79, of Statesville, passed away Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 at her residence. She was born July 6, 1940, in New Haven, Conn., to the late Thomas Harvey Platt and MaryEllen Wilcox Platt. She graduated with...
A Wonder of Why world welcomes Queensland2020-02-09
Public Technologies: The WorldScience FestivalBrisbane, an innovative science and arts event now in its 5th year will present the largest regional program ever produced in the festival's history, along with a name change. Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef,...
QANTAS TAKES OFF FROM THE SUNSHINE STATE TO THE GOLDEN GATE2020-02-09
Public Technologies: Queenslanders will today fly direct from Brisbane to San Francisco for the first time, with Qantas operating a new Boeing 787-9Dreamliner on a brand-new route. Qantas InternationalCEOTino La Spina will join QueenslandTourismMinister, the Hon.Kate Jones...
One Small Change: Tiny Irish school’s climate-crisis rap going viral2020-02-08
The Irish Times: A rap about the climate crisis made by children at a tiny Irish school has already been watched tens of thousands of times on YouTube and been shared so often that it’s beginning to go viral. One Small Change, released just over a week ago, was made by...