May 15, 2020
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Australian scientists have bred a heat-resistant coral which could help preserve the country's iconic reefs for generations to come by restoring areas devastated by mass bleaching. Coral reefs are in decline worldwide due to increasingly frequent and severe bleaching events. A survey of the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland's coast last month revealed bleaching had, for the first time, struck all three regions of the world's largest coral reef system.
