Sydney, Nov 19, 2024 (AFP) - Parts of Great Barrier Reef suffer highest coral mortality on record

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2024-11-19
Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian research showed Tuesday, with scientists fearing the rest of it has suffered a similar fate. The Australian Institute of Marine Science said surveys of 12 reefs found up to 72 percent coral mortality, thanks to a summer of mass bleaching, two cyclones, and flooding. In one northern section of the reef, about a third of hard coral had died, the "large......
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