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91% of Great Barrier Reef damaged by bleaching

11/05/2022 05:22 PM | Click to read full article

Bleaching had damaged almost all Great Barrier Reef coral surveyed this year in the fourth such mass event in seven years, Australian government scientists said.

The world's largest coral reef ecosystem suffered its sixth mass bleaching on record after being hit by three marine heatwaves, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority (GBRMA) said in its snapshot report of summer 2021-22.

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