With no work in lockdown, tour operators helped find coral bleaching on Western Australia’s remote reefs – Phys.Org

Significant coral bleaching at one of Western Australia’s healthiest coral reefs was found during a survey carried out in April and May.
The survey took a combined effort of several organisations, together with tour operators more used to taking tourists, but with time spare during the coronavirus lockdown.
WA’s arid and remote setting means many reefs there have escaped some of the pressures affecting parts of the east coast’s Great Barrier Reef), such as degraded water quality and outbreaks …

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