Australian scientists have confirmed what they have feared for months as a global coral bleaching event hit one ecological treasure after another, from Hawaii to Indonesia.
In a press release on March 29, the Australian Coral Bleaching Task Force announced that the northern portions of the Great Barrier Reef are in the throes of the most intense coral bleaching event on record there.
Image: Coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef viewed from the air. IMAGE: CORAL BLEACHING TASK FORCE
