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Great Barrier Reef will Survive if Warming Kept to 1.5 Degrees

Great Barrier Reef will Survive if Warming Kept to 1.5 Degrees

By Willie Wise on November 10, 2021

A study released by an Australian university looking at multiple catastrophes hitting the Great Barrier Reef has found for the first time that only 2% of its area has escaped bleaching since 1998, then the world’s hottestyear on record.

The lead author of the study said that If global warming is kept to 1.5 degrees, the maximum rise in average global temperature that was the focus of the COP26 United Nations climate conference, the mix of corals on the Great Barrier Reef will change but it could still thrive. He said that it can hold global warming to 1.5 degrees global average warming then I think we’ll still have a vibrant Great Barrier Reef.

The study found the corals adapted to have a higher heat threshold if they had survived a previous bleaching event, but the gap between bleaching events has shrunk, giving the reefs less time to recover between each episode. Australia, which last week said it would not back a pledge led by the United States and the European Union to cut methane emissions, needs to do more to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

The Great Barrier Reef comprises more than 3,000 individual reefs stretching for 2,300km. The ecosystem supports 65,000 jobs in reef tourism. Globally, hundreds of millions of people depend on the survival of coral reefs for their livelihoods and food security.

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Backed by a strong educational background with a degree in Biotechnology, Greenville Technical College, Willie D. Wise is an asset to The Healthcare News and is rightfully placed as the Chief Editor, owing to his vast experience in technical writing, marketing, and strategic planning. To hone his job skills in journalism, Wise has also completed a degree course in journalism from the University of South Carolina-Columbia. He is highly skilled with the art of news presentation and is adept in an editorial role with excellent time management and leadership qualities at his disposal. He ensures the best delivery from his team of writers and ensures excellent performance by his team. Besides his current job as the editor-in-chief at The Healthcare News, he is a regular writer for the biotechnology category. Given his intense interest in the field, his core career centers around writing which he does with complete dexterity. As a writer, he ensures appropriate title selection besides developing authentic, market-relevant content ideal for business discretion and also to suit promotional and marketing strategies of TheHealthcareNews. His writing style not only remains informative but also is high on lucidity to entice reader focus for longer. Crude facts and statistical details are also presented simplistically to connect with readers' grasping capabilities.

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