Classifying the Biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage
... Australia recognises the importance of conserving biodiversity. These facts, combined with Australia‘s geographic location and socio-economic climate, have given it a major role as a storehouse of diversity for tropical marine ecosystems, including coral reefs. Protection of marine areas by creating ...
... Australia recognises the importance of conserving biodiversity. These facts, combined with Australia‘s geographic location and socio-economic climate, have given it a major role as a storehouse of diversity for tropical marine ecosystems, including coral reefs. Protection of marine areas by creating ...
Great Barrier Reef Depth and Elevation Model: GBRDEM (33)
... GBRDEM is available to researchers within CRC Reef, subject to an agreement limiting the use and distribution of the digital data. At this time, it is not available beyond CRC Reef. We hope that a range of researchers and managers will use this resource which has been developed, and will continue to ...
... GBRDEM is available to researchers within CRC Reef, subject to an agreement limiting the use and distribution of the digital data. At this time, it is not available beyond CRC Reef. We hope that a range of researchers and managers will use this resource which has been developed, and will continue to ...
Impacts of climate change on the physical oceanography
... Section 3.2 discussed the importance of thermocline depth changes for regulating the appearance of cool, nutrient rich oceanic waters at the surface. This section will explore how ocean warming forms a buoyant surface layer and how mixing can disperse the heat throughout the water column. Incoming s ...
... Section 3.2 discussed the importance of thermocline depth changes for regulating the appearance of cool, nutrient rich oceanic waters at the surface. This section will explore how ocean warming forms a buoyant surface layer and how mixing can disperse the heat throughout the water column. Incoming s ...
Submission - Inquiry into Australia`s Urban Water Management
... approximately 2,900 reefs and covers an area of approximately 350,000 km2 on the northeastern Australian continental shelf. The GBR is one of the world's richest areas of faunal diversity. The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA) contains more than just coral reefs. It also contains many ...
... approximately 2,900 reefs and covers an area of approximately 350,000 km2 on the northeastern Australian continental shelf. The GBR is one of the world's richest areas of faunal diversity. The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA) contains more than just coral reefs. It also contains many ...
Great Barrier Reef - conservation
... halfway to Papua New Guinea; and from the low water mark to between 60 and 320 km from the coast. The complete reef system extends to the Papua New Guinea coast. The area is largely open water but exceeds that of the states of Victoria and Tasmania combined. It comprises some 3,400 individual reefs, ...
... halfway to Papua New Guinea; and from the low water mark to between 60 and 320 km from the coast. The complete reef system extends to the Papua New Guinea coast. The area is largely open water but exceeds that of the states of Victoria and Tasmania combined. It comprises some 3,400 individual reefs, ...
Summary Report - The Global Change Institute
... mitigation measures for the future impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef. It is also vital to the development of other science that leads to the production of management tools including satellite algorithms for predicting bleaching mortality and recovery. • The mesophotic (30-200 m) z ...
... mitigation measures for the future impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef. It is also vital to the development of other science that leads to the production of management tools including satellite algorithms for predicting bleaching mortality and recovery. • The mesophotic (30-200 m) z ...
Swimming in a sea of disinformation over the Great Barrier Reef
... In fact, the reef’s last mass bleaching occurred in 2006. In 2000, Hoegh-Guldberg claimed “we now have more evidence that corals cannot fully recover from bleaching episodes such as the major event in 1998” and “the overall damage is irreparable”. In fact, he admitted in 2009 he was “overjoyed” to s ...
... In fact, the reef’s last mass bleaching occurred in 2006. In 2000, Hoegh-Guldberg claimed “we now have more evidence that corals cannot fully recover from bleaching episodes such as the major event in 1998” and “the overall damage is irreparable”. In fact, he admitted in 2009 he was “overjoyed” to s ...
Ecotourism in Australia
... The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world. It is located off the shores of northeastern Australia, framing the Queensland coastline for 2300 kilometers. The Great Barrier Reef is a collection of more than 2,900 coral reefs, 600 continental islands (many with their own fringing re ...
... The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world. It is located off the shores of northeastern Australia, framing the Queensland coastline for 2300 kilometers. The Great Barrier Reef is a collection of more than 2,900 coral reefs, 600 continental islands (many with their own fringing re ...
There are ongoing concerns about adequate marine
... Mooring Configuration and capability Four mooring pairs span the GBR. They consist of a continental slope mooring, nominally in 200m of water and one on the outer continental shelf within the GBR matrix in depths of 30 to 70m. The array is designed to detect any changes in circulation, temperature r ...
... Mooring Configuration and capability Four mooring pairs span the GBR. They consist of a continental slope mooring, nominally in 200m of water and one on the outer continental shelf within the GBR matrix in depths of 30 to 70m. The array is designed to detect any changes in circulation, temperature r ...
Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi). The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms. This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps. It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981. CNN labeled it one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The Queensland National Trust named it a state icon of Queensland.A large part of the reef is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which helps to limit the impact of human use, such as fishing and tourism. Other environmental pressures on the reef and its ecosystem include runoff, climate change accompanied by mass coral bleaching, and cyclic population outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish. According to a study published in October 2012 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the reef has lost more than half its coral cover since 1985.The Great Barrier Reef has long been known to and used by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and is an important part of local groups' cultures and spirituality. The reef is a very popular destination for tourists, especially in the Whitsunday Islands and Cairns regions. Tourism is an important economic activity for the region, generating over $3 billion per year.In November 2014, Google launched Google Underwater Street View in 3D of the Great Barrier Reef.