Residents across flood-affected areas in Queensland are being warned to remain alert as waters continue to rise. Residents suffering through Queensland’s latest flooding event will be able to access disaster assistance as heavy rain and rising waters continue to inundate businesses and homes. The Bureau of Meteorology has warned a weather system which was supposed…
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Most Great Barrier Reef coral studied this year was bleached
CANBERRA, Australia — More than 90 percent of Great Barrier Reef coral surveyed this year was bleached in the fourth such mass event in seven years in the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem, Australian government scientists said. Bleaching is caused by global warming, but this is the reef’s first bleaching event during a La Niña…