Grande Barriera Corallina

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is experiencing one of the worst bleaching events since we started monitoring its activity and much of the fauna already shows serious signs of damage due to rising ocean temperatures around the world.The Australian authorities announced this, adding that scientists are still quantifying the high cumulative and irreparable damage resulting from the event.According to the data, the phenomenon reached record ocean depths and the Great Barrier was subjected to a higher level of heat stress than in any six previous mass bleaching events.“The Great Barrier Reef is an incredible ecosystem and, although it has demonstrated its resilience time and again, this summer has been particularly challenging,” commented Roger Beeden, the authorities' chief scientist. The coral bleaching it is that destructive phenomenon that can lead to the death of coral reefs and their ecosystems as the symbiosis between coral polyps and some unicellular algae is missing.Aft...