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"Australia’s two world heritage-listed reefs – Ningaloo on the west coast and
the Great Barrier Reef on the east – have been hit simultaneously by coral
bleaching that reef experts have called “heartbreaking” and “a profoundly
distressing moment”.
Teams of scientists on both coasts have been monitoring and tracking the heat
stress and bleaching extending across thousands of kilometres of marine
habitat, which is likely to have been driven by global heating.
On the Great Barrier Reef, bleaching is being detected from around Townsville
to the tip of Cape York, a distance of about 1,000km.
On Western Australia’s famous Ningaloo reef, waters have accumulated the
highest amount of heat stress on record during an extended marine heatwave that
has hit coral reefs all along the state’s vast coastline.
Paul Gamblin, the chief executive of the Australian Marine Conservation
Society, said history would “record this profoundly distressing moment” when
two world famous reefs both suffered widespread damage at the same time."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
