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- Coral bleaching study off One Tree Island finds shocking damage, but . . .
One hundred kilometres off the central Queensland coast, at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, lies a tiny island paradise One Tree Island is a research mecca, a transient home to just a handful of scientists who have dedicated their lives to saving this wonder of the world
- Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef now at catastrophic levels
The research team meticulously tracked the health of 462 coral colonies at the University of Sydney’s Great Barrier Reef research station at One Tree Island over a period of 161 days The results revealed that 66 percent of the colonies were bleached by February 2024 and 80 per cent by April
- One Tree Island (Queensland) - Wikipedia
One Tree Island is a small coral cay It is located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, 96 km due east nor east of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, and 450 km north of the state capital Brisbane
- A beautiful disaster - Australian Geographic
The near-pristine environment of One Tree Island makes it a perfect outdoor laboratory for studying the effects of climate change, bleaching and eutrophication on reef systems
- ANU Science on Location: One Tree Island
If you want to research the Great Barrier Reef, One Tree Island is the perfect place to do it Located on the southern end of the Reef, it is part of the Capricornia Cays National Park The island is classified as a Research Zone, protecting it from tourism and fishing
- Coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef reaches catastrophic levels
The research team meticulously tracked the health of 462 coral colonies at the University of Sydney's Great Barrier Reef research station at One Tree Island over a period of 161 days
- One Tree Island - The University of Sydney
It lies in the centre of the Capricorn Group of the Great Barrier Reef, about 20 km east of Heron Island and about 100 km off the Queensland coast from Gladstone The Australian Museum began research at One Tree Island in 1965 and it has been managed by the University of Sydney since 1974
- Couple raise child on remote One Tree Island on Great Barrier Reef
The couple are the caretakers of One Tree Island, a remote research station on the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef that has been run by the University of Sydney for 50 years
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