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A school of fish swim above a staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) coral colony as it grows on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia October 25, 2019.

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Hard Numbers: Great Barrier Reef suffers worst coral damage, US cuts mRNA vaccine funding, South Korea opens visa-free tourism for Chinese visitors, & More

39: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef – the biggest living ecosystem in the world – has suffered its largest annual coral decline since monitoring began 39 years ago. Tropical cyclones and coral-eating starfish are partly responsible, but experts say rising sea temperatures due to climate change are the main culprit.

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'Dead corals don't make babies': Global warming hurting Great Barrier Reef's ability to recover

April 04, 2019 1:00 AM

SINGAPORE - Large parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef are struggling to recover from damage caused by climate change, and baby corals needed to restock and rebuild the reef are in dramatic decline, a study published on Thursday (April 4) shows.

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