News Headline
Great Barrier Reef Bleaching Has Killed 35% Of Corals In Central, Northern Regions
Source
International Business Times
Publication Date
2016-05-30
Last month, researchers from Australia’s ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies found that 93 percent of the 1,400 mile-long Great Barrier Reef — the world’s largest living structure — had been affected by some level of bleaching. Scientists from the centre have now estimated that this bleaching event — the worst in its history — has killed 35 percent of corals in its northern and central parts.