The Great Barrier Reef’s latest bout of bleaching is the fifth in eight summers—the corals now have almost no reprieve

For the fifth time in just the past eight summers—2016, 2017, 2020, 2022 and now 2024—huge swathes of the Great Barrier Reef are experiencing extreme heat stress that has triggered yet another episode of mass coral bleaching.

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