'Tragedy' on the
Great Barrier Reef as
coral bleaching devastates for
second year
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Little of Australia's
Great Barrier Reef has **w been left unscathed by
coral bleaching.
A recent aerial survey by scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for
coral Reef Studies has found the phe**me**n leaving vast stretches of corals bone-white for the
second year in a row.
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A global
bleaching event in 2016 saw an average of
67 percent of corals lost in the **rth of the reef, and scientists hoped 2017 would offer the delicate ecosystem a reprieve. The survey showed the opposite.
In 2017, scientists found the middle
Reef worst hit, leaving only its southern reaches untouched. This means two thirds of the reef's corals have **w been impacted by
coral bleaching in a zone stretching for 1,500 km (900 miles).*
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