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Synchronised bleaching: Ningaloo and the Great Barrier Reef are bleaching in unison for the first time

By Zoe Richards, Senior Research Fellow in Marine Biology, Curtin University

This summer, an intense marine heatwave struck off northwestern Australia, driving sea surface temperatures up to 4°C above the summer average. The large mass of warm water has slowly moved south from the Kimberley region and through the Pilbara, leaving a wave of underwater destruction behind. Now Ningaloo Reef is bleaching in earnest.

The Great Barrier Reef is bleaching…

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