50% Of The Great Barrier Reef Is Now Dead Or Dying, 93% Is Bleached

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A bleached coral sits next to one that has died. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland

The news keeps getting worse for the the world's greatest coral reef system. Fresh on the heels of news that most of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has bleached comes the announcement that more than half of the coral in the reef has died this summer. Prospects look grim for most of the rest.