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This Earth Day May Be Our Last With The Great Barrier Reef
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April 23, 2016
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6:18Now PlayingAustralia's Great Barrier Reef has been devastated by coral bleaching, 93% of the reef has been bleached. Scientists are blaming El Nino and global warming for the explosive bleaching. Hasan Piker, Grace Baldridge & Sam Schacher discuss on The Young Turks. Do you agree with TYT’s opinion? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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"Almost 93% of reefs on the Great Barrier Reef have been hit by coral bleaching, according to a comprehensive survey revealing the full extent of the devastation caused by abnormally warm ocean temperatures sweeping the globe.
There have only been three mass bleaching events recorded on the reef , and all of them have happened since 1998. Scientists say this episode is the worst they’ve ever seen.
The world is in the midst of a global bleaching event, which is a result of a pulse of warm water flowing around the Pacific Ocean caused by El Niño, and the background global warming caused by man-made greenhouse gas emissions.
Corals bleach when they experience temperatures above their normal summer maximum for a month or two. The situation is made worse if there are few clouds, and a high level of UV radiation blasts the coral.
The Great Barrier Reef aerial survey began last month, and has now covered 911 individual reefs along the 2,300km structure from helicopters and planes."
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