Recovery of Great Barrier Reef stalls as scientists point to bleaching, disease and starfish attacks
by Graham Readfearn from on (#6DNFH)
Reef experts say an El Nino climate pattern could take hold this summer, raising the risk of another mass bleaching event further
A recovery in the number of corals growing on the Great Barrier Reef over recent years has paused, with government scientists blaming bleaching, disease and attacks by starfish.
Results from the latest annual surveys of more than 100 individual reefs show a small drop in coral cover over the northern and central parts of the reef over the past year.
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