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Lesley Hughes

Lesley Hughes

Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University

Some healthy corals display such vivid blues and other colors naturally, not during a bleaching event. But these corals are rare. What we are seeing on reefs in northern Queensland is certainly bleaching. Photo: Justin Marshall/coralwatch.org

The Great Barrier Reef’s “New Normal” Is a Forlorn Sight

5 min read Sep 24, 2016

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