Over the past decade, sea temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia have been the warmest in 400 years, according to a recent study published in the prestigious journal Nature.
Scientists warn that the significant coral bleaching, which the American weather agency NOAA warned about earlier this year, has spread to several places on earth.
The Great Barrier Reef is larger than Finland, and it is still bursting with life. But climate change poses several kinds of threats to the future of coral reefs
On Tuesday night, researchers found that the corals send sperm and eggs into the Pacific Ocean to multiply. "It's gratifying to see the reef give life," said marine scientist Gareth Phillips
