Natural Sciences · Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Reef Health Updates
by Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
As the lead managers of the Great Barrier Reef, the Reef Authority keeps an eye on the Reef year-round — with efforts stepped up over summer, a typically high-risk period from extreme weather. The Reef Authority releases updates on the health of Reef which includes; sea surface temperatures, rainfall and floods, cyclones, crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks, and coral disease. These updates are based on forecasts, water temperature heat mapping, in-water surveys, citizen science and aerial surveys.
