More than a dozen of the coral islands that mark Australia's maritime boundaries are at risk of disappearing, a study has found. Multiple stresses including rising sea levels threaten their existence.

But today, ongoing pressures from climate change put it at serious risk for being wiped out entirely. In fact, in August, an official report by the Australian ... than just one coral reef, which ...

Out here in the middle of the Pacific, somewhere between Australia and Hawaii ... that the Marshall Islands, this loose collection of no-elevation coral atolls, likely will be submerged beneath ...

One of the biggest and best-known coral reefs is the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, which is around ... may help to reduce the risk of such severe coral bleaching events in the future.

A bleached antique coral makes a thought provoking addition to Hintze Hall. Weighing more than 300 kilogrammes, the giant Turbinaria bifrons was collected from Shark Bay Reef, off the coast of Western ...

The Pacific paradise, located between Australia ... groundwater is at risk. And the sea’s warming temperature presents a threat to the coral reefs that surround the islands and the fish that ...

Their own leaders have said that Kiribati—33 coral islands in an ... widespread on the atolls most at risk from rising seas: Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Tokelau, and Tuvalu.

Ecologists Reconstruct the History of Biodiversity in the Indo-Australian ... coral reefs to be at severe risk of bleaching for longer periods than previously ... Restored Rat-Free Islands Could ...

The South Pacific islands offer tropical weather, beautiful beaches, clear seas and coral reefs ... among the Polynesian and Melanesian Islands. Australia features a range of landscapes, climates ...

Drinkers risk seeing some of their favourite wines disappear from supermarket shelves ahead of a planned shake-up of alcohol duty, the boss of Majestic Wine has warned. John Colley, the wine ...