Return of El Nino spells trouble for Great Barrier Reef coral-bleaching risk

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The Great Barrier Reef is heading into the red zone for risk of coral bleaching.

Scientists warn that high sea surface temperatures driven by ancoupled with the ongoing effects of global warming make mass mortality on Australia’s living natural wonder increasingly likely.Credit:

Corals can recover from bleaching if the sea temperature drops quickly enough, which fortunately saved most of the corals from death in last year’s bleaching. “I certainly wouldn’t be making any weather forecasts in July for what’s going to happen in February and March, which is the peak period of risk for coral bleaching,” Wachenfeld said.

 

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