Mass Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef

Relevance: Prelims: Environment

 

Why in news?

• Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record. Record sea temperatures had caused the third mass bleaching of the 2,300-kilometre reef system in just five years.

About:

• For the first time, severe bleaching has struck all three regions of the Great Barrier Reef — the northern, central and now large parts of the southern sectors.

• The damage came as February brought the highest monthly sea temperatures on the Great Barrier Reef since Australia began keeping records in 1900.

 

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