Read the text Australia: Parts of Great Barrier Reef record highest coral cover in 36 years:
A new report said the northern and central parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reefshowed the highest levels of hard coral cover since 1985. But experts still warn the UNESCO World Heritage Site is at risk. UNESCO is considering whether to list the Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’.
Two-thirds of Australia's Great Barrier Reef showed the highest levels of coral cover seen in decades, but the reefremained vulnerable to increasingly frequent mass bleaching, a new report released on Thursday showed.
The report by the Australian Institute of Marine Science outlined how the survey of 87 sites said northern and central parts of the reef showcased a comeback from damage more quickly than many had expected, mostly because of a fast-growing type of branching coral, called the Acropora.
‘These latest results demonstrate the reef can still recover in periods free of intense disturbances’, said AIMS's CEO Paul Hardisty. But the gains made could easily be reversed by cyclones, new bleaching events, or crown-of-thorns outbreaks.
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(Source: https://www.dw.com/en/australia-parts-of-great-barrierreef-record-highest-coral-cover-in-36-years/a-62703152. Access on: August 17th, 2022. Adapted.)
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