barrier
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It originated from what scientists consider Australia's first 'Great Barrier Reef,' a Devonian era reef system located in the Kimberley region of northern WA.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026
"That included back-to-back events on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Three more bleaching events have happened there since. We are seeing that reefs don't have time to recover properly before the next bleaching event occurs."
From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026
Australia's Great Barrier Reef, for instance, saw peak heat stress increase each year between 2014 and 2017.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
Dr Yves-Marie Bozec, who led the research, said the modelling of more than 3,800 individual reefs that make up the Great Barrier Reef looked at their "eco-evolutionary dynamics".
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025
When you are traveling to Cairns, Australia, at the edge of the Great Barrier Reef, to answer a question that no one else has asked, you need quite a bit of money.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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