The world is currently experiencing its fourth global coral bleaching event, the second in a decade, which is caused by high ocean temperatures brought on by climate change, according to a recent report.
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SYDNEY, Australia: Australia s Great Barrier Reef could deteriorate if warming ocean temperatures spark another mass coral bleaching event later this year, the country s top marine science body said on Wednesday.
A Unesco heritage committee on Tuesday stopped short of listing Australia’s Great Barrier Reef as a site that is “in danger” but warned the world’s biggest coral reef ecosystem remained under “serious threat” from pollution and the warming of oceans.