New research by Monash University and the ARC Center of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century analyzed close to three decades of weather data during the coral bleaching season and identified the prevalence of "doldrum days," and the absence of the trade winds, as a key factor in the mass bleaching events threatening the Great Barrier Reef.
Lara S. Richards et al, Trade wind regimes during the Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching season, Weather and Climate Dynamics (2026). DOI: 10.5194/wcd-7-109-2026
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