Russell Crowe to narrate a documentary about Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Russell Crowe is set to narrate a new documentary series about Australia’s Great Barrier Reef By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:16 GMT, 5 November 2020 | Updated: 00:17 GMT, 5 November 2020 Russell Crowe will narrate a documentary series about Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The 56-year-old actor has lent his rich and expressive … Read more

Train crashes through barrier at Dutch station – and lands on giant whale sculpture 25ft in the air 

Quite a tail to tell! Train crashes through barrier at Dutch station – and lands on giant whale sculpture 25ft in the air The train ran through the station buffer at 30 minutes past midnight last night, at De Akkers metro station  The train shot through the end of the track and came to rest … Read more

Great Barrier Reef: Massive underwater coral ‘skyscraper’ is taller than the Empire State Building

A skyscraper-esque spire of detached coral discovered in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef stands taller than the Empire State Building at 1,640 feet (500 metres) high. Researchers from the US and Australia mapped out the blade-like coral mount — the first to be discovered in some 120 years — off the coast of Cape York on October … Read more

Climate change: Great Barrier Reef has lost more than HALF its corals in the last 25 years

More than half of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef have been lost to ‘bleaching’ due to climate change over the last 25 years, a study has found. Researchers studying the state of the Australian reef system — one of the seven natural wonders of the world — concluded it is disappearing faster than thought.  … Read more

Sold out flight touring Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Gold Coast and Uluru jets away from Sydney

‘Flight to nowhere’ that sold out in 10 MINUTES takes off carrying 150 desperate-to-fly passengers over iconic Australian landmarks – before returning back to where it started A Qantas ‘flight to nowhere’ has jetted off from Sydney on Saturday morning   The Boeing 787 Dreamliner will fly over Australian landmarks in scenic route  Passengers snapped up … Read more

Greenpeace completes its boulder barrier to prevent destructive bottom trawling

A barrier of boulders in the North Sea designed to prevent destructive bottom trawling has been completed by environmental charity Greenpeace.  Greenpeace has placed boulders across the seabed of the 47 square mile Dogger Bank protection area to create a ‘bottom trawler exclusion zone’.   The final two boulders in the ‘barrier’ were worked into ‘full … Read more

Amazon parcels spill over A27 after lorry crashes over central barrier

Hope there’s nothing fragile! HUNDREDS of Amazon parcels spill over A27 after lorry crashes over central barrier blocking both lanes and causing four-mile gridlock Lorry has flipped over central reservation on A27 spilling Amazon parcels over the dual carriageway Driver, 62, was taken to hospital with serious injuries and another car driver, 50, suffered a … Read more

Paris sonic boom sparks panic after jet breaks sound barrier – startling French Open players

Sonic boom sparks panic in Paris after military jet breaks the sound barrier – and even startles French Open tennis players A fighter jet flying over Paris caused panic as it broke the sound barrier A spokesman said the pilot was responding to another jet’s loss of contact  French Open tennis players at Roland Garos … Read more

Man, 33, is savaged by a crocodile while snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef

Man, 33, is savaged by a crocodile while snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef A man has been attacked by a crocodile at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef The 33-year-old suffered head and neck injuries in the attack at Anchor Bay Royal Flying Doctors Service flew the victim to Cairns Hospital for treatment  … Read more

Greenpeace builds boulder barrier in the North Sea to stop industrial bottom trawlers

Greenpeace activists drops boulders in the North Sea to stop industrial bottom trawlers fishing in the Dogger Bank protected area Granite boulders were dropped at select locations covering 50 square miles They were all in the Dogger Bank Special Area of Conservation protected region  Greenpeace commissioned an independent review to ensure it was done safely The … Read more