Threats from climate change and other human pressures have led to widespread concern
for the future of Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Resilience of GBR reefs will be
determined by their ability to resist disturbances and to recover from coral loss, generating
intense interest in management actions that can moderate these processes. Here we
quantify the effect of environmental and human drivers on the resilience of southern and
central GBR reefs over the past two decades. Using a composite water quality index, we find …