Coral bleaching at low tide on Heron Island in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia on April 10, 2024. John Turnbull / Flickr
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The planet is currently experiencing its fourth global coral bleaching event on record, affecting most of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). It is the second mass bleaching in the past decade, NOAA scientists said in a press release.
Across the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Ocean basins, heat stress at levels high enough to cause bleaching has been extensive, as…
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