Deep parts of Great Barrier Reef ‘insulated’ from global warming – for now

9 Apr 2024
Mesophotic corals on the Great Barrier Reef.
Mesophotic corals on the Great Barrier Reef. Image: Professor Peter Mumby

Some deeper areas of the Great Barrier Reef are insulated from harmful heatwaves but that protection will be lost if global warming continues, according to research by The University of Queensland and University of Exeter.

Mass coral bleaching caused by high surface temperatures has occurred on the Great Barrier Reef in five of the last eight years, with the latest event happening now.

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