The Biggest Trends In Great Barrier Reef We'Ve Seen This Year
If current trends continue, more than 90% or more of the living corals will disappear from the central and southern parts of the reef in just 10 years. Researchers say virtually all coral populations along the Great Barrier Reef have declined due to repeated "bleaching events" over the past 25 years. The resumption of bleaching of the world's largest coral reef confirms that coral reefs around the world are in great trouble, scientists said, many of whom said their anxiety was exacerbated by the government's failure to protect the coral ecosystems they were destroying despite decades of warnings. From the 1,430-mile (2,300 km) Great Barrier Reef in Australia to the Saya de Malla in the Indian Ocean, coral reefs and the diversity of fish species they support are in sharp decline and this trend is expected to continue as how the planet continues to warm up in the 21st century. In the Caribbean, a recent study found that coral reefs were shrinking by about 0.25% per y...