Nearly a quarter of the Great Barrier Reef is dead and there has been no discernible political response.
Source: Death of the Great Barrier Reef: One scientist’s planetary tipping point
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In one huge section of the reef, more than two-thirds of corals are dead.
Source: Scientists Confirm Great Barrier Reef Coral Die-Off Is Worst On Record – BuzzFeed News
Scientists confirm this year’s mass coral bleaching event resulted in the largest die-off of corals ever recorded on the Great Barrier Reef.
Fresh surveys of the Great Barrier Reef six months on from a mass coral bleaching have found large-scale damage north of Cairns, where a growing coral death rate due to heat stress is being exacerbated by disease and predators, scientists say.
Source: Northern Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching damage worse, surveys suggest
Every reference to the Great Barrier Reef was removed from a UN report on the impact of climate change on tourism and World Heritage sites after ‘intervention’ from the Australian government. What is going on?
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