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The Great Barrier Reef is suffering its most widespread bleaching ever recorded

The ongoing episode is the third mass bleaching event in five years

Great Barrier Reef aerial survey

Aerial surveys in late March of the Great Barrier Reef have revealed “by far” the most widespread bleaching event to be recorded on the reef, researchers say.

ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies

By John Pickrell

- More than 2 years ago

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is currently experiencing its third mass bleaching in just five years — and it is the most widespread bleaching event ever recorded.