Science
The Great Barrier Reef’s Status Adjusted to “Critical” – One Green Planet
A new report on the status of 241 World Heritage Sights has listed the Great Barrier Reef and 16 other sights as in critical condition.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently published its 2020 report on the status of World Heritage Sights. The organization evaluates the health of the 241 sights every 3 years. In the time between the 2017 report and the 2020 report, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has gone from being labeled as “significant concern” to “critical.”
The deteriorating conditions in the Great Barrier Reef are due to coral bleaching. Warming weather and acidification are the leading cause of…
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