Ocean warming threatens more frequent bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef, a report said as a U.N. team began a visit to evaluate whether it should be listed as ‘in danger.’ The reef is at risk of another mass bleaching following three in six years
MELBOURNE, March 21 - Waters off Australia face more frequent and severe marine heatwaves that threaten the Great Barrier Reef, a report said on Monday, as a United Nations team began a visit to evaluate whether the World Heritage site should be listed as "in danger".
"It's getting grim and it's getting to the point where we can't even simulate the combination of conditions that the reef is experiencing in a controlled laboratory setting to discern this," said marine biologist Jodie Rummer at James Cook University in Queensland. The report was released the day UNESCO experts were set to begin a 10-day trip to Australia to meet scientists, regulators, policymakers, local communities and indigenous leaders to assess the government's Reef 2050 Plan.
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