US EditionExtreme 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.
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.
The unique Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is affected by some of the worst coral bleaches ever observed, according to the authorities. "The cumulative effects on the reef this summer were higher than in previous summers," the marine park authority said on Wednesday. Aerial observations have shown that about 730 of the more than 1,000 reefs are suffering. It is already the fifth large-scale coral bleach in the Great Barrier Reef in…
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