‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet
CNN - 2024-05-04T21:00:28.915Z

As the early-morning sun rises over the Great Barrier Reef, its light pierces the turquoise waters of a shallow lagoon, bringing more than a dozen turtles to life. These waters that surround Lady Elliot Island, off the eastern coast of Australia, provide some of the most spectacular snorkeling in the world — but they are also on the front line of the climate crisis, as one of the first places to suffer a mass coral bleaching event that has now spread across the world. The Great Barrier Reef just...

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