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Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Professor, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland

‘Humanity is failing’: official report warns our chance to save the Great Barrier Reef is fast closing

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The Great Barrier Reef will continue to deteriorate, largely due to climate change, and the window to secure its future is rapidly closing. That is the sobering conclusion of a major new report into the state of the reef.

The report was released by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. It confirms what scientists have long known: humanity is killing the Great Barrier Reef, and other reefs around the world, by failing to curb the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.

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