12 March 2024 - Australia's Great Barrier Reef in grip of 'mass bleaching event'
Fifth mass coral bleaching event in eight years hits Great Barrier Reef, marine park authority confirms
Graham Readfearn (The Guardian, 08/03/2024)
The Great Barrier Reef is in the grip of a mass coral bleaching event driven by global heating – the fifth in only eight years – the marine park’s government authority has confirmed.
Great Barrier Reef: New mass bleaching event hits World Heritage site
Tiffanie Turnbull (BBC News, 08/03/2024)
Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef is suffering another mass bleaching event, officials have confirmed.
Bleaching occurs when heat-stressed corals expel the algae that gives them life and colour.
Great Barrier Reef being ‘cooked’ by an ‘underwater bushfire’ that can’t be put out, scientists say
Shannon Molly (News, 05/03/2024)
Disturbing new footage of one of Australia’s most iconic natural wonders has been released — and it has horrified scientists warning of an “underwater bushfire”.
Climate Pollution Is 'Cooking' The Reef With Law Reform Needed
(Cimate Council, 05/03/2024)
The Climate Council is sounding the alarm on a severe bleaching event unfolding across the Great Barrier Reef, with new vision showing the damage that stretches more than 1100 kilometres from Lizard Island to the Keppel Islands.