Great Barrier Reef faces mass bleaching and collapse as El Nino builds record strength, scientists warn
- The Great Barrier Reef is at very high risk of severe and widespread coral bleaching that may tip parts of it into ecosystem collapse, scientists warn as a record-strength El Niño builds in the Pacific.
- Researchers told the International Coral Reef Symposium in Auckland on Tuesday that the coming event could kill coral across vast stretches of the reef and wipe out some species in particular areas, AFP reported.
- The reef runs for 2,300km along the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia, roughly equivalent to the length of Britain travelled three times over.
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- The Great Barrier Reef is at very high risk of severe and widespread coral bleaching that may tip parts of it into ecosystem collapse, scientists warn as a record-strength El Niño builds in the Pacific.
- Researchers told the International Coral Reef Symposium in Auckland on Tuesday that the coming event could kill coral across vast stretches of the reef and wipe out some species in particular areas, AFP reported.
- The reef runs for 2,300km along the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia, roughly equivalent to the length of Britain travelled three times over.
Sources: The Independent