ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATEThe water temperature in WA has reached 34° Celsius and it proves to be harmful, or even detrimental for the corals that live in these waters.
The Great Barrier Reef is now in the "danger list" of UNESCO. Because of this, the National Agency is pushing the government to work faster for the 2050 rescue plan for the reef.
Scientists have identified that half of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is dead. The Great Barrier Reef, home of many coral reefs, is now 50 percent dead, scientists stated.
Scientists claim that by 2050, 90% of the coral reef would have died. Already half of the reefs are over In the last 30 years and unless drastic measures are taken, its extinction is inevitable.
Study shows that oxybenzone, a chemical commonly found in sunscreen lotion, can significantly cause death to young corals and deterioration to old ones.
Earth's warming sea temperature due to Global Warming has its harmful effects on the reefs. Every so often, tropical countries, especially on the seaside would experience warmer than the normal temperature.
Researchers from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), tasked with monitoring the overall health of Pacific coral reefs are sounding an alarm of international proportions to notify the public and government agencies that the Pacific Ocean coral reefs are facing a massive die-off known commonly as “coral bleaching”. Publishing their recent study in the journal Nature Geoscience, the researchers are pointing towards warming oceans and dying trade winds for the massive coral bleaching soon to hit these coral reefs, and are naming global climate change as a contributing factor.