Australia approved a plan to dump large amounts of mud and sediment into the oceans surrounding the Great Barrier Reef -- making room for developers to expand a coal port on the country's eastern ...

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The government of Australia's Queensland state approved a plan Monday that will prevent 3 million cubic meters (106 million cubic feet) of seabed mud from being dumped in ...

Scientists will use the humble mud crab to try and ascertain how much pollution is flowing into the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority will monitor adult ...

The dredging operation is part of a plan to expand a coal port in Queensland. Environmentalists have warned that dumping sediment could kill off... Australian authorities have approved a controversial ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Lifestyle. Followed categories will be added to My News. Mud, whether it was the kind dredged up from the bottom of the sea to be controversially dumped within ...

No sludge for this reef. The planned dumping of 5 million tonnes of mud in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park has been cancelled. But scientists say they have little confidence that any new plan will ...

AHEAD of his arrival in Bundaberg, controversial academic Peter Ridd has refuted what he says are 11 questionable claims about the Great Barrier Reef. Dr Ridd, whose tour is backed by Canegrowers, ...

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Australian authorities have approved a controversial plan to dump dredged sediment in the Great Barrier Reef marine park, potentially upsetting one of the world's most fragile ecosystems. The massive ...