Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching returns

By Peter Hannam
February 26 2017 - 8:00am
Coral bleaching returns to the Great Barrier Reef: Richard Fitzpatrick surveys the toll near Cairns. Photo: Christian Miller
Coral bleaching returns to the Great Barrier Reef: Richard Fitzpatrick surveys the toll near Cairns. Photo: Christian Miller

Parts of the Great Barrier Reef are enduring sustained periods of heat stress worse than at the same time during last year's record-breaking coral bleaching event, raising fears the natural wonder may suffer another hammering.

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