Science
‘There is no time to lose’: Great Barrier Reef has lost half its corals – Sydney Morning Herald
The Great Barrier Reef has lost half its corals, with a decline in the number of shallow and deep water corals across almost all species in the past two decades…
There is no time to lose – we must sharply decrease greenhouse gas emissions ASAP
Study authors
The loss of big corals is important because they make all the babies – theyre responsible for a huge proportion of the breeding thats done every year by adult corals, Professor Hughes said.
The climate crisis has driven marine heatwaves, with the research recording steeper deterioration of coral colonies in the northern and central Great Barrier Reef after mass coral bleaching in 2016 and 2017.
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