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Name: Researchers urge action as Great Barrier Reef faces catastrophic damage
Uploaded: 2024-08-08T10:57:51.637Z
Duration: 2 min 35 s
Description: Last summer, the Great Barrier Reef was cooked in some of the hottest waters in 400 years. The finding has shocked researchers, who have warned human-made climate change is responsible for back-to-back coral bleaching. They fear reefs worldwide could be jeopardised without action.

Researchers urge action as Great Barrier Reef faces catastrophic damage

Published 8 August 2024, 10:01 am

Last summer, the Great Barrier Reef was cooked in some of the hottest waters in 400 years. The finding has shocked researchers, who have warned human-made climate change is responsible for back-to-back coral bleaching. They fear reefs worldwide could be jeopardised without action.

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Climate change