Great Barrier Reef coral halved in 27 years: study
- Published: 2 Oct 2012 at 11.49
- Online news: World
Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years due to storms, predatory starfish and bleaching linked to climate change, a study found Tuesday.
Bleaching on a coral reef at Halfway Island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef which lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years due to storms, poisonous starfish and bleaching linked to climate change, a study has found.
The research by scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences (AIMS) and the University of Wollongong warned that coral cover on the heritage-listed reef -- the world's largest -- could halve again by 2022 if trends continued.
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