Extreme coral bleaching may be new normal by 2034 29 April 2016 Share More Information Dr Nerissa Hannink +61 3 8344 8151 0430 588 055 Department:  Media Large parts of the Great Barrier Reef will have died off by the mid-2030s according to research examining the role of climate change in this year’s extreme coral bleaching event. This research confirmed studies that have predicted the decline of coral reefs across the planet by mid-century. Researchers found climate change had added 1 degree C of warming to the ocean temperatures this March. But more worryingly still, they reveal that extreme ocean temperatures that led to this year’s bleaching may become the new normal within 20 years if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase. “These extreme temperatures will become commonplace by
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