Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian research showed Tuesday, with scientists fearing the rest of it has suffered a similar fate.

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Parts of Great Barrier Reef suffer highest coral mortality on record Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian research showed Tuesday ...

In one northern section of the reef, about a third of hard coral had died, the "largest annual decline" in 39 years of government monitoring, the agency said. Often dubbed the world's largest living ...

Climate change-driven heat and cyclones have caused a large chunk of the Great Barrier Reef to drop in health, with some areas reporting the largest coral decline in 39 years. Preliminary results ...

"The Great Barrier Reef can bounce back but there are limits to its resilience," Mr Leck said. "It can't get repeatedly hammered like this. We are fast approaching a tipping point.