Factoid/2020/04/20
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Great Barrier Reef experiences third bleaching event in five years
- "The 2020 bleaching is severe, and more widespread than earlier events. 'We surveyed 1,036 reefs from the air during the last two weeks in March, to measure the extent and severity of coral bleaching throughout the Barrier Reef region,' said Professor Terry Hughes, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University. 'For the first time, severe bleaching has struck all three regions of the Great Barrier Reef – the northern, central and now large parts of the southern sectors,' Prof Hughes said." - Excerpt from ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
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