More Than a Third of World's Coral Reef Faces Major Bleaching Event
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Sydney Morning Herald] Saffron Howden - October 8, 2015
A massive, global coral bleaching event is underway which could affect 38 per cent of the world's reefs by year's end, including the Great Barrier Reef, scientists have revealed.
The consortium of researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the US, the University of Queensland, Reef Check, and XL Catlin Seaview Survey says the mass bleaching - only the third of its kind in recorded history - is being driven by increased ocean temperatures.
NOAA has estimated the event may kill more than ...
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