A recent research shows Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered the largest decline in coral cover in two of its three regions over the last year, following a mass bleaching of its corals.
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00:00A recent research shows Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffered the largest decline in coral cover in two of its three regions over the last year, following mass bleaching of its corals.
00:11The Australian Institute of Marine Sciences says the reef's coral cover dropped between a quarter and a third after several years of solid growth.
00:18The phenomenon emerged over the last 15 years and points to an ecosystem under stress.
00:23The reef, the world's largest living ecosystem, stretches for some 2,400 kilometers off the coast of the northern state of Queensland.
00:31Since 2016, it has experienced five summers of mass coral bleaching, when large sections of the reef turn white due to heat stress, putting them at greater risk of death.
00:40The Great Barrier Reef is not currently on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in danger, but the UN recommends it should be added.
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