{"id":10137,"date":"2016-04-07T10:13:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T09:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=10137"},"modified":"2016-04-07T10:13:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T09:13:57","slug":"coral-bleaching-taskforce-more-than-1000-km-of-the-great-barrier-reef-has-bleached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2016\/04\/coral-bleaching-taskforce-more-than-1000-km-of-the-great-barrier-reef-has-bleached\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Barrier Reef damaged by worst coral bleaching ever seen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/coral-bleaching-taskforce-more-than-1-000-km-of-the-great-barrier-reef-has-bleached-57282\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image-20160406-28945-1yd9tte.jpg\" alt=\"Great Barrier Reef damaged by worst coral bleaching ever seen\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of Australia\u2019s most important natural assets, the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), is being affected by the <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/great-barrier-reef-bleaching-event-what-happens-next-56664\">worst ever bleaching in its history<\/a>, amid warmer than average water temperatures associated with this summer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-rise-and-rise-of-the-2015-el-nino-41616\">major El Ni\u00f1o event<\/a> and against a background trend of <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/this-summers-sea-temperatures-were-the-hottest-on-record-for-australia-heres-why-56906\">ongoing ocean warming<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With extensive coral bleaching having been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-10-08\/mass-coral-bleaching-predicted-to-occur-in-2016\/6838580\">predicted<\/a> as far back as October last year, Terry Hughes at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies convened the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aims.gov.au\/documents\/30301\/2109302\/JCU+Media_National+Coral+Bleaching+Taskforce+keeping+a+close+watch+on+the+Reef-low.pdf\/d55d0a6a-7c16-4760-9ca2-0343e370f1b1\" rel=\"nofollow\">National Coral Bleaching Taskforce<\/a> to document the bleaching, both from the air and at close quarters.<\/p>\n<p>With survey work still ongoing, a bleak picture is emerging: more than 1,000 km of the Great Barrier Reef shows signs of significant bleaching. 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