As reports of stings increase,  nets are being rolled out across Far North Queensland ahead of what experts warn will be perfect conditions for jellyfish.
The tourism operators who depend on the natural wonder, already contending with climate change, have been walloped by the pandemic. The absence of visitors is bad for them — and the reef.
Any moves to greatly increase the population of northern Australian by 2060 could have a devastating impact on the local environment without long-term careful planning by all tiers of government.
The close-knit communities nestled amongst World Heritage-listed rainforest could soon go totally green with a new renewable energy microgrid, but it's the environmentalists who aren't happy.
Australian researchers find corals build cloud umbrellas to help keep cool and their decline could have wider implications for climate and agricultural production.
