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5 major heatwaves in 30 years have turned the Great Barrier Reef into a bleached checkerboard

Image: AP Just 2% of the Great Barrier Reef remains untouched by bleaching since 1998 and 80% of individual reefs have bleached severely once,...

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Not declaring the Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’ only postpones the inevitable

Picture: Shuttlestock After much anticipation, the World Heritage Committee on Friday decided against listing the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”. The decision ignored the recommendation of...

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Australian government was ‘blindsided’ by UN recommendation to list Great Barrier Reef as in-danger. But it’s no great surprise

Picture: Shuttlestock The Australian government on Tuesday expressed shock at a draft decision to list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”. But the recommendation has been...

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