Dr Lyle Vail says coral is very resilient, but it can only take so much. Vail is director of the Lizard Island Research Station, 220km north of Cairns, where he has been working for 24 years… Continue reading We are slowly killing the Great Barrier Reef→
Sediment being washed into the ocean from rivers is continuing to damage the Great Barrier Reef and is having a more widespread impact than scientists first thought, according to a report from the ABC. New research into the impact of river run-off by scientists at the Australian Institute of Marine Science has led to renewed calls for better land management practices…