Coral reefs: climate change and pesticides could conspire to crash fish populations – The Conversation UK

Australia barely had time to recover from record breaking fires at the start of 2020 before the Great Barrier Reef experienced its third mass coral bleaching event in the past five years. Only five of these have occurred since records began in the 1980s. High water temperatures and marine heatwaves, caused by climate change, are making coral bleaching an almost regular occurrence in some parts of the world.
Coral reefs are among the most vibrant ecosystems on the planet, but they are also very…

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