Great Barrier Reef teeters on UNESCO’s ‘in danger’ status

“Sea surface temperatures in waters surrounding the Great Barrier Reef this year reached their warmest levels in more than 400 years, new research has found.

The findings of the long-term study suggest human-caused climate change is the driving factor behind increasingly high summer temperatures in the Coral Sea, which puts corals under stress and can spur mass bleaching…”

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Source: ABC News

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