Of science, engineering and Planet, australia’s Great Barrier Reef is a hot Australian summer, one of his greatest verblekingsperiodes the coral reefs so far. One-quarter of the reef, and heavy fading back in time, into the most widespread disease outbreak ever seen.That fading is a phenomenon in which, as a result of the warming of the earth is to the survival of coral reefs may be at risk.

the Australian researchers were in the news Tuesday, also known.Professor Terry Hughes from James Cook University in Townsville, announced that following an extensive investigation last month that it is over 2,300 km stretch of natural beauty due to high flow temperatures, a new phase of the fading has occurred. The reef is again very large-scale fading, and for the third time in a five-year period of time.

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Due to the rising temperature of the water is to be symbiotic algae are expelled and the like, which give the coral its color, and voedingsstoffen.De reefs may be able to change their color and to restore it if it is water cooled, but they can also die if the temperature is high.

“We’re in the second half of the month of march to 1.036 and reefs from the air and investigated in order to determine the severity and extent of the koraalverbleking to be able to measure,’ explained the professor Points out.

“For the first time, a serious bleekverschijnselen was observed in the three main regions of the Great Barrier Reef: to the north of the city centre and large parts of the southern sector. Earlier this year, such verblekingen have shown that the cause of high mortality of corals.”

The Great Barrier Reef is located off the north-east of the Australian coast, and is the largest koraalsysteem in the world. In 2016 and 2017 have already been several mass verblekingen be adopted, in which an estimated one-third to one-half of the corals have died from it.

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