DEEP DIVE: It was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime for Tom and Eileen Lonergan, whose dream Great Barrier Reef dive on January 25, 1998 ended in tragedy.

81 days ago

A bid to clean up shipping industry intensified a coral bleaching event on Great Barrier Reef, study says ⊕⊕

found 2026 › Jan › 22 (Thu) @ 15:16 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The removal of sulphur from shipping fuels caused ‘a lot of extra sunlight’ to get through atmosphere and hit reef in 2022

Steps to clean up the shipping industry by removing sulphur from fuels inten…

3 months ago

Great Barrier Reef’s Hamilton Island to be bought by US private equity firm in reported $1.2bn sale ⊕⊕

found 2025 › Dec › 24 (Wed) @ 01:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Blackstone says it has agreed to buy popular Whitsundays island from Australian winemaking family

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5 months ago

Great Barrier Reef could recover from rapid coral decline if global heating was kept to 2C, study finds ⊕⊕

found 2025 › Nov › 05 (Wed) @ 11:05 UTC

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University of Queensland modelling warns of ‘grim future’ for corals once global temperatures cross threshold

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Dramatic update after Australian grandmother was left behind by cruise ship and died on nearly deserted tropical island ○

found 2025 › Nov › 05 (Wed) @ 10:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Questions remain unanswered as to why the 80-year-old was left on the Great Barrier Reef island.

Abandoned to die in the middle of the sea: Horrifying story of how US couple were forgotten by Australian scuba-diving tour group who left them behind and didn't realise for TWO DAYS ⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 02 (Sun) @ 16:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The American couple's dream dive in the Great Barrier Reef turned into a living nightmare when their tour group forgot them in the shark infested waters.