‘Dead Corals Don’t Make Babies’: New Great Barrier Reef Coral Growth Declined 89% After Back-to-Back Bleaching Events

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By Olivia RosaneApr 4, 2019, 10:06 am244 pts
The back-to-back coral bleaching events that damaged two-thirds of Australia's Great Barrier Reef in 2016 and 2017 have had a lasting impact on the health of the largest living structure on earth. A study published in Nature Wednesday found that the death of corals in 2016 and 2017 has significantly decreased…

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