Ningaloo and the Great Barrier Reef are bleaching in unison for the first time
- Written by Zoe Richards, Senior Research Fellow in Marine Biology, Curtin University
Ningaloo Reef from the air.Violeta Brosig/ShutterstockThis summer, an intense marine heatwave struck off northwestern Australia, driving sea surface temperatures up to 4°C above the summer average. The large mass of warm water has slowly moved south from the Kimberley region and through the Pilbara, leaving a wave of underwater destruction...





