It’s also temperature. Reefs bleach at a certain temperature. They can recover from this, but very slowly and not if they bleach again the next year and the year after that.
Apparently this is what happened the last two years. Also, apparently it’s never happened two years in a row before.
Source: Was at the Great Barrier Reef a month ago. The marine biologist on board was very informative.
Apparently this is what happened the last two years. Also, apparently it’s never happened two years in a row before.
Source: Was at the Great Barrier Reef a month ago. The marine biologist on board was very informative.