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Extreme coral bleaching could spell worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef, authority says
- Australia's Great Barrier Reef is facing its worst bleaching event on record, with 730 out of over 1,000 reefs bleached, as reported by the country's reef authority.
- This is the fifth major bleaching event on the reef since 2016, with climate change identified as the primary threat to reefs globally by the Reef Authority's chief scientist.
- Coral bleaching was observed on 73% of the surveyed reefs in the park, highlighting the severity of the situation.
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90 percent of all corals in the Great Barrier Reef have lost their color. And therefore their livelihood. A new study points to the consequences of the destruction — a global problem.
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When oceans get too warm, corals repel their colorful algae - it threatens to die. Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia is now worse than ever before.
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