Extreme weather has damaged nearly half Australia's marine ecosystems since 2011
by Lisa Cox from World news | The Guardian on (#4M2WP)
CSIRO says dramatic climate events are compounding the effects of underlying global heating
Extreme climate events such as heatwaves, floods and drought damaged 45% of the marine ecosystems along Australia's coast in a seven-year period, CSIRO research shows.
More than 8,000km of Australia's coast was affected by extreme climate events from 2011 to 2017, and in some cases they caused irreversible changes to marine habitats.
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