Well have the latest on that in os sport. Scientists in australia say two thirds of the coral on the Great Barrier reef have been damaged in the past two years. The damage is called bleaching it happens when corals under stress drive out the algae that give them colour. And bleaching is caused by rising Ocean Temperatures which in turn are linked to global warming. The reef is off the queensland coast in australias north east. Theres been two consecutive years of bleaching and thats particularly bad. This is one of the studys researchers. That means that even when mass bleaching events happen 12 months apart theres no prospect of recovery for reefs damaged in 2016. The bbcs science editor david shukmans latest report looks at the issue. A world of brilliant colour, teeming with life. This is the Great Barrier reef at its best the largest single biological structure on earth, but vulnerable to the slightest change. This is how part of reefs look, a ghostly white. The corals more like a
mild, not as mild as last night but mild in mild, not as mild as last night but mild in the mild, not as mild as last night but mild in the north, still cold. not as cold mild in the north, still cold. not as cold as mild in the north, still cold. not as cold as last night, in the south, but some as cold as last night, in the south, but some of as cold as last night, in the south, but some of us will see some frost and patchy but some of us will see some frost and patchy fog possibly in sheltered areas and patchy fog possibly in sheltered areas into and patchy fog possibly in sheltered areas. into wednesday, fronts heading areas. into wednesday, fronts heading southwards, taking rain, more heading southwards, taking rain, more active across the north if the country more active across the north if the country than the south but a bit of a change country than the south but a bit of a change because tomorrow cloud across a change because tomorrow cloud across engl
two years for a new knee but i could haveit two years for a new knee but i could have it done privately with the same surgeon in seven days? keep your thoughts coming in, this is due to be announced later, you can do that on twitter. right now, time for a look at the weather, carol is back. we have rain currently pushing southward and eastward through the early part of the day, and it will can you to do that through the rest of the day. some has been heavy, across scotland and northern ireland, making good inroads across northern england and also north west wales. it is courtesy of this weather front, wales. it is courtesy of this weatherfront, not only wales. it is courtesy of this weather front, not only wet, wales. it is courtesy of this weatherfront, not only wet, but blustery winds around it, heavy conditions represented by amber, but behind it, they aren t that cold front, pressure conditions coming our way. that cold front will develop a wave, which means it will literally be do
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to the west, the rain moves in, the wind strengthens and temperature wise today we are looking at 14 in the north to about 26 or 27 in the south east. tonight we start with clear skies but the rain in the west quite quickly moves across england, also scotland, northern ireland and north wales. further south we stay dry and we are looking at a muggy night as well, overnight lows in birmingham only falling away to 17 degrees. tomorrow we have the dregs of that range rate across england and wales, heading southwards and eastwards but it will not get into the south east where of course we need rain. to the north of that sunshine with some showers in the north and west and another humid day with highs up to 28. hello, this is bbc news i m samantha simmonds the headlines. football comes home england s women beat germany two one to become champions of europe for the first time.