Great Barrier Reef under attack!
The Great Barrier Reef and its bounty is under attack. Climate change threatens existence of one of the world's grandest ecosystems.
by Anne Thompson
Chief environmental correspondent
NBC News
Off Australia's east coast, you will find the Blue Outback, a kaleidoscope of life that is the Great Barrier Reef, the world's biggest structure built by living organisms. But it is under siege from climate change and warming waters that have twice bleached its spectacularly colored corals white.
"It really looked like Christmas, like someone had just come across and put snow over everything," said Perry Jones, captain of a charter boat, who saw the mass bleachings firsthand in 1998 and 2002.
The mass bleaching in the summer of 2002 affected 60 percent to 95 percent of reefs in the marine park, according to a 2004 joint . . .
Read the entire article here: Great Barrier Reef under attack!
Hope you find this article extremely informative!
Regards,
Eric
by Anne Thompson
Chief environmental correspondent
NBC News
Off Australia's east coast, you will find the Blue Outback, a kaleidoscope of life that is the Great Barrier Reef, the world's biggest structure built by living organisms. But it is under siege from climate change and warming waters that have twice bleached its spectacularly colored corals white.
"It really looked like Christmas, like someone had just come across and put snow over everything," said Perry Jones, captain of a charter boat, who saw the mass bleachings firsthand in 1998 and 2002.
The mass bleaching in the summer of 2002 affected 60 percent to 95 percent of reefs in the marine park, according to a 2004 joint . . .
Read the entire article here: Great Barrier Reef under attack!
Hope you find this article extremely informative!
Regards,
Eric
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