Dec 12, 2018 | Bleaching, Observation
In 2018 the corals spawned; juvenile corals that settled back after mass bleaching of 2016 and 2017 continued to grow; and many more appeared. Fish populations increased. The resident Lizard Island Research Station Directors Dr Anne Hoggett & Dr Lyle Vail were... 
Sep 6, 2017 | Bleaching, Reef condition
Death is the end of growth. But not all corals die when a reef is subject to bleaching conditions. This story is about survivors and a scientist – Kristin Anderson King PhD. Kristen’s research focuses on three important species of branching coral... 
Mar 25, 2016 | Bleaching, Global change, Observation, Reef condition
Sea temperatures around Lizard Island and elsewhere in the northern sector of the Great Barrier Reef were one or two degrees above normal for several weeks in March 2016, but started to cool off in April. See BOM Anomaly Forecast. Coral tolerates short-term... 
Mar 25, 2016 | Bleaching, Observation, Reef condition
This photo essay was created by Professor Justin Marshall, Chief Investigator and Project Leader at CoralWatch. It provides a few graphic glimpses of how coral bleaching is affecting reef ecology. Nemo is an Eastern Clown Anemonefish Amphiprion percula. This is his...