Australia`s Barrier Reef loses half of coral

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 09:05

Australia`s Great Barrier Reef, the world`s largest coral reef system, has lost half of its coral cover in the past 27 years, a study revealed Monday.

Satellite data shows warming of Great Barrier Reef

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 15:27

Clear evidence of major changes taking place in the Great Barrier Reef, off Australia, have emerged, based on satellite measurements of sea surface temperatures.

Barrier-rod falls on car, expressway toll plaza to pay 10k

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 13:31

The Delhi-Gurgaon expressway toll plaza has been ordered to pay Rs 10k to a commuter for damage to his car due to accidental fall of a barrier on it .

Part of world`s largest coral reef thriving in muddy waters

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 18:56

Scientists have found that a part of Great Barrier Reef, world`s largest coral reef has been growing at a rapid rate in sediment-laden marine environments, a condition believed to be detrimental to reef growth.

Volcanic eruptions serve to sustain reefs

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 17:34

Could the pumice, a light and porous volcanic rock that surges into the ocean once a volcano erupts in Tonga or elsewhere in the south-west Pacific save the Great Barrier Reef?

Indo-Pacific corals more resilient than Caribbean twins

Last Updated: Friday, July 13, 2012, 13:27

Corals of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and Indo-Pacific region recover faster from stress than their Caribbean counterparts, say marine scientists.

Protect coral reefs, say scientists

Last Updated: Monday, July 9, 2012, 12:35

Top marine scientists have sounded an alarm over the plight of coral reefs worldwide and the livelihood of millions of people dependent on them.

`Coral reefs will survive ravages of warming`

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 13:27

Marine scientists in Australia undertaking the world`s first large-scale investigation of the impact of climate change on coral reefs suggest that many of them would survive the ravages of warming.

Skydiver aims to break sound barrier

Last Updated: Friday, March 16, 2012, 19:39

Fearless Felix” Baumgartner hopes to hurtle toward Earth at supersonic speed from a record 37 kilometres up, breaking the sound barrier with only his body.