Coral Bleaching As Record Cold Hits Reef
August 4, 2007 @ 09:19 AM (EST)
Source: Theaustralian.news.com.au
A RECORD cold snap across southern Queensland has triggered coral bleaching normally associated with the extremes of hot weather linked to climate change.
Scientists say the bleaching has been caused by a combination of cold waters, winds and air temperatures hitting exposed reefs around the Capricorn-Bunker group of islands at the southern end of the reef...
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