the unseen casualties of record-breaking heat on the Great Barrier Reef
- Written by: John Turnbull, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney
John Turnbull, CC BY-NC-NDIn past bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef, the southern region has sometimes been spared worst of the bleaching. Not this time. This year’s intense underwater heat has triggered the most severe heat stress ever seen on record. Only 3% of surveyed southern reefs have not bleached at all. It’s shaping...
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