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30 December 2015. (2015-12-30) –. 13 January 2016. (2016-01-13) Great Barrier Reef is a three-part BBC documentary series. Narrated by David Attenborough, its three episodes aired over December 2015 and into January 2016. The series was released on DVD and Blu-ray in January 2016. The MV Alucia was used as a base for the series.
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, [1][2] composed of over 2,900 individual reefs [3] and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi). [4][5] The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia ...
The reef contributes $6.4 billion into the national economy, has added 64,000 jobs in 2015-16, and is estimated to be worth $56 billion in total economic, social, and icon asset value according to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. [40]
Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville: ... Great White Shark [251] 2015 25 July: Lachlan Point, Maria Island: Scuba diving, collecting scallops:
During that time, between 2016 and 2024, the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem and one of the most biodiverse, suffered mass coral bleaching events. ... (2.7 degrees ...
Lizard Island, also known as Jiigurru or Dyiigurra, is an island on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia, 1,624-kilometre (1,009 mi) northwest of Brisbane. It is part of the Lizard Island Group that also includes Palfrey Island, and also part of the Lizard Island National Park. Lizard Island is within the locality of Lizard in the ...
A major coral bleaching event took place on this part of the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest reef systems, stretching along the East coast of Australia from the northern tip down at Cape York to the town of Bundaberg, [1] [2] is composed of roughly 2,900 individual reefs and 940 islands and cays that stretch for 2,300 kilometres (1,616 mi) and cover an area of ...
15 January 2012. ( 2012-01-15) Great Barrier Reef is a nature documentary series exploring the wildlife of the eponymous coral reef off Australia 's coast. It was presented by Monty Halls and co-produced by the BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery Channel and Digital Dimensions. The series was broadcast in three parts in the United Kingdom ...