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Parts of Great Barrier Reef suffer highest coral mortality on record

Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian research showed Tuesday, with scientists fearing the rest of it has suffered a similar fate. In one northern section of the reef, about a third of hard coral had died, the "largest annual decline" in 39 years of government monitoring, the agency said. Often dubbed …

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1 month ago

Parts of Great Barrier Reef record highest coral deaths due to heat, storms

Al Jazeera

Up to 72 percent of coral found dead on 12 of 19 surveyed reefs in the north of the world’s largest living structure. Recent mass bleaching, two cyclones and flooding have left parts of the Great Barrier Reef with “significant coral mortality”, according to new data from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. In one northern section of the reef, …

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9 months ago

The Science Quiz | Coral bleaching

The Hindu

What is the name of the coral reef system that was in the news most recently for a significant bleaching event? The creatures primarily responsible for building reefs are called coral ______. This Australia-based marine scientist, who began with research work on coral reefs in the Caribbean in the 1970s, is widely considered to be the foremost authority on coral …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef hit by mass coral bleaching

Al Jazeera

Warming seas are threatening the home of thousands of marine species, but some corals can recover if temperatures cool. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been hit by a major coral bleaching event likely caused by heat stress built up over the summer at the biologically diverse site, a government agency has said. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Could ‘marine cloud brightening’ reduce coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef?

The Hindu

It might sound like science fiction, but “marine cloud brightening” is being seriously considered as a way to shield parts of the ocean from extreme heat. Australia’s Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program – a collaboration between several universities, CSIRO and the Australian Institute of Marine Science – is exploring whether cloud brightening could reduce coral bleaching. A bright idea British …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Bleached sea sponges found in deeper reefs off Tasmania

ABC

A study by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies has found bleaching in sea sponges for the first time in Tasmanian waters — and scientists fear it could be another sign we are reaching a "tipping point: in the warming of the Earth. Key points: Bleaching has been detected in Tasmanian sea sponges for the first time Little is …

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2 years, 9 months ago

U.N. climate panel says Great Barrier Reef — Earth’s largest living structure — is in crisis

LA Times

It was the silence of the sea that first rattled the teenage snorkeler, followed by a sense of horror as she saw the coral below had been drained of its kaleidoscopic color. This once-vibrant site on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef — a site she’d previously likened to a busy capital city — had become a ghost town, the victim of …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Saving Australia's Great Barrier Reef: Little fluffy clouds may help reduce coral bleaching

India Today

To slow the speed at which high temperatures and warm waters bleach the corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Australian scientists are spraying droplets of ocean water into the sky to form clouds to protect the environmental treasure. Researchers working on the so-called Cloud Brightening project said they use a turbine to spray microscopic sea particles to thicken existing clouds …

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