On Monday, the United Nations reported findings from a ten day expedition scientists undertook in March to examine the health of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a biome covering 10% of the world’s vital reef ecosystems. The outlook wasn’t good.
“The resilience of the [Great Barrier Reef’s] ability to recover from climate change impacts is substantially compromised,” the report said and noted that without “ambitious, rapid and sustained” intervention the world’s largest coral reef, which has experienced six mass bleaching events due to rising ocean temperatures, is in mortal danger.
