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Parts of the Great Barrier Reef Are Outlasting Others Through Coral Bleaching Events

Mathieson Whittaker

Parts of the Great Barrier Reef Are Outlasting Others Through Coral Bleaching Events

The Great Barrier Reef lies off the coast of Queensland and is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Climate change has caused mass coral bleaching, which has threatened this hotspot of biodiversity. Bleaching ultimately harms every organism living in the reef ecosystem, from the coral themselves to fish species that call the Great Barrier Reef home.