Great Barrier Reef: Coral reefs threatened by bleaching again
As a result of rising temperatures on the east coast of Australia, the Great Barrier Reef is once again threatened by coral bleaching, according to experts. The newspaper quoted coral reefs as showing the first signs of stress due to the higher sea water temperature than the Mediterranean “Age” On Wednesday David Wachenfeld, chief scientist with the Marine Parks Responsible Reef Authority (GBRMPA).
It would be the fourth bleaching in just six years, after 2016, 2017, and 2020. Smaller ocean bleaching has already been reported off some locations such as Cooktown, Townsville and Mackay. It’s currently summer in the Southern Hemisphere, and Australia recently reported some heat records.
“We’ve come two-thirds of the way through the summer now, and there’s a very significant build-up of heat stress there, and the next four weeks are very critical,” Wachenfield said. He stressed that sea temperatures for most of the reefs were mostly above normal between 0.5 and 1.5 degrees Celsius since the beginning of summer. The ultimate extent of damage to the unique coral reef, which spans more than 340,000 square kilometres, now depends on the weather in the coming weeks.
Wachenfeld said that in order to save the Great Barrier Reef, strict measures are urgently needed worldwide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in addition to local measures. But Australia itself has one of the highest levels of carbon dioxide2Per capita emissions It is one of the largest exporters of coal in the world. As more and more countries commit themselves to fighting global warming, the conservative government in Canberra is indicating that it intends to continue using fossil fuels in the long term.
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