Extreme weather

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) Reef Trust has designed an excellent coral story map that provides a concise snapshot of Australia's world-leading efforts to help build resilient coral reefs.

The Marine Park Authority’s Chief Scientist Dr David Wachenfeld gives us a coral bleaching 101 lesson, answering the top questions: What is coral? What is coral bleaching? What causes coral bleaching? Can bleached coral recover?

Incredibly moving video show casing Traditional owner and western science call for action to preserve turtle populations.

Catching a coral predator interview with Dr David Williamson

The importance of catchments in the Cairns region are explained in this power point. It can be adapted to be used in other catchment areas along the GBR coast.

Our Chief Scientist explains some of the causes of coral bleaching.

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Monitoring Program Summary Booklet 2024-25 provides the key findings of the 2024-2025 monitoring year including regional overviews of inshore water quality, corals and seagrass condition. It also provides an overview of key environmental pressures to the inshore region and case studies on major flood event sampling that occurred in the 2024-25 monitoring year.

What is coral bleaching? When does it happen? Can corals recover? All these questions and more are answered in this student fact file.

Climate change effects the world and the Great Barrier Reef. Video on the threat of climate change.