‘Zero recovery’ for Great Barrier Reef corals in back-to-back bleaching

An aerial view of bleaching in the Cairns-Townsville region of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef AFP/Ed ROBERTS

 

Researchers said last month they were detecting another round of mass bleaching this year after a severe event in 2016, and their fears were confirmed after aerial surveys of the entire 2,300km long bio-diverse reef.

Last year, the northern areas of the World Heritage-listed reef were hardest hit, with the middle-third now experiencing the worst effects.

“Bleached corals are not necessarily dead corals, but in the severe central region we anticipate high levels of coral loss,” said James Kerry, a marine biologist at James Cook University.

93 Percent Of The Great Barrier Reef Is Practically Dead

Aside from the global warming debate, which we’re not getting into here, nobody ever mentions Fukushima. It’s still out of control, has contaminated 1/3 of the world’s oceans and the Pacific is practically dead because of it. Japanese officials, still to this day, haven’t even found the cores yet — because the cores have been spread all over Japan. Fukushima has had five years of heavy leaking and yet everyone thinks “climate change” and “El Nino”. You’ll find more information under the natural disasters category.

 

The Great Barrier Reef — the largest living structure on Earth — is dying as a result of El Nino and climate change.

This week, scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies completed an extensive survey of the iconic reef and found that 93 percent has been impacted by the most severe coral bleaching event on record.