Great Barrier Reef
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Experts: Great Barrier Reef's Biggest Threat is Coal
By Iain McCalman, Stephen Palumbi published
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.

'Shark Girl' Fights Against Fear in New Documentary
By Stephanie Pappas published
The 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.

In Images: Tracking Tiger Shark Migrations in the Coral Sea
By Denise Chow published
Researchers tracked wild tiger sharks in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Australia, to study patterns in the animals' migrations.

Photos: Underwater Google Street View Reveals Stunning Corals
By Live Science Staff published
The amazing underwater images will help researchers measure the health of coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef.
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