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‘Extremely uncommon’: Hottest ocean temperature level in 400 years threatens the Great Barrier Reef

‘Extremely uncommon’: Hottest ocean temperature level in 400 years threatens the Great Barrier Reef

Science and Nature
Mass Coral Bleaching has actually been occurring in the Great Barrier Reef given that the 1990s. (Image credit: Ove Hoegh-Guldberg) The Great Barrier Reef is now dealing with the most popular sea surface area temperature levels in 4 centuries, a brand-new research study discovers. The fast warming is triggering enormous coral whitening which threatens the marine community and biodiversity, the researchers cautioned."The world is losing among its icons," research study lead author Benjamin Henley, a paleoclimatologist at the University of Melbourne, Australia, stated at a press conference Tuesday (Aug. 6). "We will regretfully see the death of among Earth's many amazing natural marvels."The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Queensland, is home to the world's biggest collectio...
‘HELP’ Sign Leads Rescuers To Stranded Men After Week-Plus Stuck On Remote Pacific Island

‘HELP’ Sign Leads Rescuers To Stranded Men After Week-Plus Stuck On Remote Pacific Island

General
3 males stranded on an unoccupied Pacific island endured for more than a week and utilized palm leaves to define HELP on the beach-- causing rescue by Navy and Coast Guard aviators who identified the indication from a number of thousand feet in the air.They had actually embarked March 31 in a 20-foot boat with an outboard motor from Pulawat Atoll, a little island with about an approximated 1,000 occupants in the Federated States of Micronesia about 1,800 miles (3,000 kilometers) east of the Philippines.The guys were fishing when they struck a reef, putting a hole in the boat's bottom and triggering it to handle water, Lt. Keith Arnold stated in a Coast Guard video.A Coast Guard ship, the Oliver Henry, got the males Tuesday and took them back to the atoll where they had actually set out 9 d...