Scuba Diving the Great Barrier Reef with “Crush”
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Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
1st place in the "Food, Flora, and Fauna" category
Taken by Sam Harris
"This picture was taken by me, Sam Harris, scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef while looking at some of the most amazing underwater wildlife I have ever seen. This turtle just popped up right in front of me and I took pictures and video of it calmly swimming around the reef. "
Coalition flags help for Great Barrier Reef
The Federal Opposition says it will commit million towards developing environmental policies to help protect the Great Barrier Reef if elected.
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Scientists test Australia’s Moreton Bay as coral ‘lifeboat’
An international team of scientists has been exploring Australia’s Moreton Bay, close to Brisbane, as a possible ‘lifeboat’ to save corals from the Great Barrier Reef at risk of extermination under climate change. In a new research paper, they say that corals have been able to survive and flourish in the Bay, which lies well to the south of the main GBR coral zones, during about half of the past …
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