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

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par 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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