Fuel oil leaks from a coal carrier grounded in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in 2010. Getty Images
An aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef in October 2020. Getty Images
This image by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies shows a mass bleaching event of coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef in 2018. AFP
A green sea turtle swims among the corals of the Great Barrier Reef. Getty Images
Artist Ed Wong paints a mural in Melbourne depicting coral in the shape of an anatomical heart with half of the heart deteriorating, representing the half of the Great Barrier Reef that has been bleached to death due to climate change. AFP
Dead coral found at Lady Elliot island in the Great Barrier Reef. Getty Images
Greenpeace activists paint the message "Reef in Danger" on the side of coal ship in Gladstone, Australia in 2012. Getty Images
Sunrise over the Great Barrier Reef at Lady Elliot island. Getty Images
Fuel oil leaks from a coal carrier grounded in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in 2010. Getty Images
An aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef in October 2020. Getty Images
This image by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies shows a mass bleaching event of coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef in 2018. AFP
A green sea turtle swims among the corals of the Great Barrier Reef. Getty Images
Artist Ed Wong paints a mural in Melbourne depicting coral in the shape of an anatomical heart with half of the heart deteriorating, representing the half of the Great Barrier Reef that has been bleached to death due to climate change. AFP
Dead coral found at Lady Elliot island in the Great Barrier Reef. Getty Images
Greenpeace activists paint the message "Reef in Danger" on the side of coal ship in Gladstone, Australia in 2012. Getty Images
Sunrise over the Great Barrier Reef at Lady Elliot island. Getty Images
Fuel oil leaks from a coal carrier grounded in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in 2010. Getty Images
Global warming puts 99% of Great Barrier Reef coral at risk, study finds
Australia’s spectacular marine feature could almost cease to exist unless global warming is brought under control