Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef is suffering one of the most severe coral bleaching events on record, leaving scientists fearful for its survival as the impact of climate change worsens. For 33 years marine biologist Anne Hoggett has lived and worked on Lizard Island, a small slice of tropical paradise off Australia's northeast tip, and says the only time she's seen bleaching this bad was in 2016 "when just about everything died." The world is experiencing its second major coral bleaching event in 10 years following months of record-breaking ocean heat, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced. Often dubbed the world's largest living structure, the Great Barrier Reef is a 2,300-kilometre long expanse housing a stunning array of biodiversity, including more than 600 types of coral and 1,625 fish species.
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