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Patrick Star and 'Drag Queen' crab: underwater robot live stream captivates Argentines
AFP, Published on 03/08/2025
» MAR DEL PLATA (ARGENTINA) - A robot explores the dark, cold, deep sea floor of the South Atlantic, transmitting images of vibrant coral and fish never seen before as scientists give live commentary via YouTube. And Argentines can't get enough of it.
Cook Islands wages war on 'plague' of hungry starfish
AFP, Published on 24/07/2025
» RAROTONGA (COOK ISLANDS) — Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands.
China plans to expand 'manta ray' submersible fleet
South China Morning Post, Published on 10/06/2024
» China is expanding its fleet of coral-monitoring submersibles and plans to build larger models that could also be used for reconnaissance purposes.
Volunteer divers guard Oman's 'unique' coral reefs
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» DAYMANIYAT ISLANDS (OMAN) - On a sailing boat anchored off Oman's pristine Daymaniyat Islands, volunteer divers pull on wetsuits, check their scuba tanks and then take turns plunging into the clear turquoise water.
Great Barrier Reef suffers 'widespread' bleaching event
AFP, Published on 18/03/2022
» SYDNEY: The Great Barrier Reef has again been hit with "widespread" bleaching, authorities said Friday, as higher-than-average ocean temperatures off Australia's northeast threaten the already struggling World Heritage site.
Great Barrier Reef suffers 'widespread' bleaching event
AFP, Published on 18/03/2022
» The Great Barrier Reef has again been hit with "widespread" bleaching, authorities said Friday, as higher-than-average ocean temperatures off Australia's northeast threaten the already struggling World Heritage site.
Coral bleaching impacts 98% of Great Barrier Reef: study
AFP, Published on 04/11/2021
» BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) - Coral bleaching has affected 98 percent of Australia's Great Barrier Reef since 1998, leaving just a fraction of the world's largest reef system untouched, according to a study published Friday.
Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status at risk
AFP, Published on 22/07/2021
» BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) - After years of climate-worsened damage to its vibrant corals, Australia's vast Great Barrier Reef could this week be added to UNESCO's list of endangered World Heritage sites.
Australia to challenge Unesco downgrade of Great Barrier Reef
AFP, Published on 22/06/2021
» BRISBANE: Australia will strongly oppose a Unesco plan to list the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger" over its deterioration caused by climate change, the government said Tuesday.
Intervention 'could buy 20 years' for declining Great Barrier Reef
AFP, Published on 29/04/2021
» BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) - Using experimental "cloud brightening" technology and introducing heat-tolerant corals could help slow the Great Barrier Reef's climate change-fuelled decline by up to 20 years, Australian scientists said Thursday.