Severe Reduction in Thermal Tolerance Projected for Great Barrier Reef (1 of 6) (IMAGE)

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Severe Reduction in Thermal Tolerance Projected for Great Barrier Reef (1 of 6)

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Coral bleaching. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 15 April, issue of <i>Science</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by T.D. Ainsworth at James Cook University in Townsville, QLD, Australia, and colleagues was titled, "Climate change disables coral bleaching protection on the Great Barrier Reef."

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Peter Mumby

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