Earlier this year, the Great Barrier Reef was devastated by the largest mass bleaching event ever seen — as record-warm ocean temperatures turned large swaths of this vibrant 1,400-mile habitat into a ghastly white boneyard.
Now scientists have finally tallied up the damage. Data released Monday
by Australian researchers shows that an unprecedented fraction of the
shallow-water coral in the pristine northern part of the reef has died,
with average mortality rates of 67 percent.
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