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March 06, 2020 11: 10:35
The Fantastic Barrier Reef is dealing with one of the most widespread coral whitening occasions on record, as water temperatures in the Coral Sea spike.
Key Points:
- A senior US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration scientist states the “large majority of reefs along the GBR will have some whitening by now”
- The southern portion of the reef, which largely left whitening occasions of 2016 and 2017, is unlikely to be spared this time
- Reef specialist Ove Hoegh-Guldberg worried bleaching did not necessarily imply the coral had actually died, and in reality it might recuperate
” We have actually been at stressful sea surface area temperature level levels for a long time,” stated Dr William Skirving, a senior researcher with the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Reef See project.
” The huge bulk of reefs along the GBR will have som