Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass coral bleaching event in five years
by Graham Readfearn and Adam Morton from Environment | The Guardian on (#51715)
Renowned scientist Terry Hughes says huge swathes of reef have been affected in a 'severe' situation
The Great Barrier Reef has experienced a third mass coral bleaching event in five years, according to the scientist carrying out aerial surveys over hundreds of individual reefs.
With three days of a nine-day survey to go, Prof Terry Hughes told Guardian Australia: "We know this is a mass bleaching event and it's a severe one."
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