research shows the Great Barrier Reef is the hottest it’s been in 400 years
- Written by Ben Henley, Lecturer, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Ove Hoegh-GuldbergThe Great Barrier Reef is vast and spectacular. But repeated mass coral bleachings, driven by high ocean temperatures, are threatening the survival of coral colonies which are the backbone of the reef.
Our study, published today in Nature, provides a new long-term picture of the ocean surface temperatures driving coral bleaching....





