Devastating footage of coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

New video released shows the world heritage status of the Great Barrier Reef is seriously threatened after this year’s mass bleaching.
Severely bleached coral on a reef in Queensland’s north is dead and covered in brown algae and slime. Authorities are still assessing the scale of reef-wide coral mortality but some scientists fear it could be the worst ever recorded.
High coral mortality could undermine the Reef’s “Outstanding Universal Value” - the key factor in deciding whether a site retains its world heritage status.
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