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We just spent two weeks surveying the Great Barrier Reef. What we saw was an utter tragedy

  • Written by Terry Hughes, Distinguished Professor, James Cook University
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The Australian summer just gone will be remembered as the moment when human-caused climate change struck hard. First came drought, then deadly bushfires, and now a bout of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef – the third in just five years. Tragically, the 2020 bleaching is severe and the most widespread we have ever...

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