The Wire

The Great Barrier Reef is running out of time. That’s the message from new research suggesting that our natural wonder could be gone within the century, another victim of over-development and climate change. Despite these dire threats, the issue has failed to even raise a blip on the political radar.

Dredging, coal ports, extreme weather, rising ocean temperatures, runoff, sea heatwaves, acidification are just a handful of the threats facing the reefThe Government has finally conceded the health of the reef is “poor”, just as UNESCO is on the verge of deeming our natural wonder a “World Heritage Site in Danger.”