SYDNEY: Mass bleaching has killed more than a third of the coral in the northern and central parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, though corals to the south have escaped with little damage, scientists said on Monday.
Researchers who conducted months of aerial and underwater surveys of the 2,300-kilometer (1,400-mile) reef off Australia’s east coast found that around 35 percent of the coral in the northern and central sections of the reef are dead or dying, said Terry Hughes, director of the ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Queensland state.
Bleaching kills third of coral in Great Barrier Reef’s north
Bleaching kills third of coral in Great Barrier Reef’s north
