Impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef

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Audience
Secondary school -
Learning stage
Stage 4, Stage 5, Stage 6 -
Learning area
Climate change, Geography, Science -
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Learning resources
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The Australian Museum owns and operates Lizard Island Research Station to facilitate coral reef research and education on the Great Barrier Reef.
The video is a summary of events and research at the Lizard Island Research Station in 2020. The directors, Dr Anne Hoggett and Dr Lyle Vail, discuss the impacts of rising water temperature and tropical cyclones, and how reefs recover from extreme events caused by climate change.
Watch the video and answer the guiding questions above.