Large parts of Barrier Reef dead in 20 years: scientists

[inanna]

Source: Agence France-Presse

April 29, 2016

Large parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef could be dead within 20 years as climate change drives mass coral bleaching, scientists warned Friday.

The World Heritage-listed reef is currently suffering its worst bleaching in recorded history with 93 percent of corals affected due to warming sea temperatures.

Experts from the government-backed ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science said in a study that if greenhouse gases keep rising, similar events will be the new normal, occurring every two years by the mid-2030s.

Given reefs need some 15 years to completely recover from bleaching of this magnitude, the centre said "we are likely to lose large parts of the Great Barrier Reef in just a couple of decades".


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[hereforthevoting]

1. Wow

I looked at some old pics and I wish I had seen them in person. Looks like it's too late.

[secondwind]

2. Fidel Castro has protected the coral reefs surrounding the island of Cuba.. they are some of the

finest in the world.

At least he's done that.

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, inanna.

[Zorra]

4. Neoliberalism and environmental destruction go hand in hand.

They'll kill the planet before too long.