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How the Great Barrier Reef changed the way we live

We made the Great Barrier Reef our home. No phones, no fences—just tides, fire, and freedom. The reef gave us food, shelter, and a new way to see the world. This is life at the edge of the wild, where ...
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How it feels to wake up by the Great Barrier Reef

Imagine waking up to waves and coral reefs just beyond the sand. Our beach camp gave us front-row access to the Great Barrier ...
Brett Ambler starred in a 1989 video about kazoos for kids. The video got a new life on YouTube and went viral soon after.
The most sophisticated modeling to date forecasts that, under the current global emissions pathway, the Great Barrier Reef could lose most of its coral by the end of the century, but curbing climate ...
An 80-year-old cruise passenger has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island, a day after she was accidentally abandoned there by the ship's crew. The passenger's daughter Katherine Rees on ...
It’s the largest living structure on Earth, 3,000 individual reefs, 900 islands, 1,430 miles, and it may be collapsing. Alas, The Great Barrier Reef Annual Summary Report of Coral Reef Conditions, ...
What it's like to night dive on the Great Barrier Reef Stretching almost 1,500 miles, the Great Barrier Reef is so vast that just 20% has been surveyed. With tourism funding millions in conservation ...
Thanks to the dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs, the planet has now reached its first tipping point for human-caused climate change, according to a new report by scientists in Europe. The ...
From whale watching and kangaroo cuddles to beachside feasts and rich Aboriginal stories, Queensland offers a side of Australia that’s just as wild, warm, and unforgettable—no snorkel required.
The Great Race weekend kicked off with some of its smallest runners as hundreds of kids laced up their sneakers and took over the streets of Downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday morning. From Diaper Dashes ...
News stories suggesting “the Great Barrier Reef — the aquatic wonder off Australia’s coast — is in grave peril” are highly deceptive, explains Bjorn Lomborg in The Wall Street Journal. “Australian ...
Speaking in Indiana on July 29, 2025, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Lee Zeldin, and Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, detailed moves to repeal the 2009 Obama-Biden ‘endangerment’ ...