The Great Barrier Reef supports plenty of tour-dive companies and commercial fishing outfits.
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Experts: Great Barrier Reef's Biggest Threat is CoalOpinion Reef historian Iain McCalman, in Sydney, and reef scientist Stephen Palumbi, in California, are monitoring reef degradation from opposite sides of the planet. They compared notes.
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Sharks Need Healthy Coral Reefs, 10-Year Study Finds -
'Shark Girl' Fights Against Fear in New DocumentaryThe plight of sharks gets a human angle with a new documentary about a 20-year-old Australian activist who has been diving with these marine predators since childhood.
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In Images: Tracking Tiger Shark Migrations in the Coral SeaResearchers tracked wild tiger sharks in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Australia, to study patterns in the animals' migrations.
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Photos: Underwater Google Street View Reveals Stunning CoralsThe amazing underwater images will help researchers measure the health of coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef.
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UN Threatens to List Great Barrier Reef as EndangeredAgency evaluates site before World Heritage Committee meeting next month.
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Deepest Corals in Great Barrier Reef DiscoveredScientists shocked to see coral growing so far down.
