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Lizard Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered one of the world's worst coral die-offs, with 92 per cent of ...

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Ningaloo and some remote northern reefs had largely escaped the worst effects of coral bleaching – but now a severe marine heatwave is taking its toll.

The study team used drone surveys and in-water observations to monitor 20 reef sections at the island’s northern and southern ends. Bleaching had affected an average of 96 per cent of living coral. By ...

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