The Associated PressIn this 2017 photo, fish are seen in the waters of Ribbon Reef No 10 near Cairns, Australia. Australia's Great Barrier Reef is suffering widespread and severe coral bleaching due to high ocean temperatures two years after a mass bleaching event, a government agency said on Friday.
The report by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority, which manages the world's largest coral reef ecosystem, comes three days before a United Nations delegation is due to assess whether the reef's World Heritage listing should be downgraded due to the ravages of climate change."Weather patterns over the next few weeks will be critical in determining the overall extent and severity of coral bleaching across the Marine Park," the authority said.
The reef has suffered significantly from coral bleaching caused by unusually warm ocean temperatures in 2016, 2017 and 2020. The previous bleaching damaged two-thirds of the coral.
environmentca propaganda 🤮🤮🤮
Nafu still came to conquer and it worked. 🤓
I am joking I still can’t spell right 😤
Did it 😶🌫️🤔
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Downgraded? I guess you don't want a Great Barrier Reef. Nice.
Never thought I would see this in my lifetime. The death of the Great Barrier Reef and the Amazon Forest.