Floods, cyclones, heat stress and predatory starfish contributing to impacts as fourth planet-wide bleaching event confirmedThe Great Barrier Reef is in the midst of what could be its worst summer on record with a widespread and extreme coral bleaching event coming on top of floods, two cyclones and outbreaks of coral-eating starfish, according to an official Australian government report.The “summer snapshot” report released by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Australian... Read this story
