The world’s largest coral reef is suffering a mass bleaching event driven by warm ocean temperatures, even though the region is in a cooling phase brought about by the La Niña climate phenomenon.
Unusually warm ocean temperatures have turned corals white on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in the first-ever mass bleaching under the cooling conditions created by the La Niña weather pattern.finds mass bleaching across all four of the reef’s management areas, with the north and central parts of the World Heritage Site worst hit. The impact has been less severe in the south of the reef.at the University of Plymouth in the UK.
The bleaching is particularly notable for happening when the region is in a cooling phase brought about by La Niña. The
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