The Great Barrier Reef is suffering its most widespread bleaching ever recorded
The ongoing episode is the third mass bleaching event in five years
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Aerial surveys in late March of the Great Barrier Reef have revealed “by far” the most widespread bleaching event to be recorded on the reef, researchers say.
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies