More than half the corals of the far north Great Barrier Reef dead: official

By Peter Hannam
Updated May 6 2016 - 8:23am, first published 1:39am
Corals start to die after about eight weeks of temperatures above a particular threshold that varies with species. Photo: Eddie Jim
Corals start to die after about eight weeks of temperatures above a particular threshold that varies with species. Photo: Eddie Jim

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