The hottest ocean temperature in 400 years threatens the Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is facing the hottest sea surface temperatures in four centuries.

- KRISTEL TJANDRA

The rapid warming is causing massive coral bleaching that threatens the marine ecosystem and biodiversity. “The world is losing one of its icons,” said Benjamin Henley, a palaeoclimatologist at the University of Melbourne in Australia. “We will sadly see the demise of one of Earth’s most spectacular natural wonders.”