Think Climate Change Isn’t Urgent? Look at What It’s Already Done to Australia’s Coast

ScienceAlert | Jul 27, 2019 at 12:00 AM
  • If you think climate change is only gradually affecting our natural systems, think again.
  • 2016: The most extreme coral bleaching ever recorded on the Great Barrier Reef affected more than 1,000 kilometres of the northern Great Barrier Reef.
  • 2017: An unprecedented second consecutive summer of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef affects northern Great Barrier Reef again, as well as parts of the reef further to the south.