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Interim report: 2016 coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef

Title: Interim report: 2016 coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef Year of publication: 2016 Publisher: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Townsville Type of document: Report Abstract: [Extract] Since 2014, severe mass coral bleaching has been occurring in most tropical regions across the world in the longest mass bleaching event ever recorded. This global event was triggered by record-breaking sea surface temperatures caused by climate change and amplified by a strong El Niño. For the Great Barrier Reef, this resulted in the worst ever coral bleaching in 2016. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11017/3044 ISBN: 9781922126955 Connection to GBRMPA: GBRMPA published this item Rights: Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 Appears in Collections: Effects



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