Hécatombe catastrophique des coraux

epa05651554 A handout picture taken in November 2016 and made available by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies on 29 November 2016 shows healthy Coral in the Capricorn Group of Islands, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. A new study has found higher water temperatures have ravaged the Great Barrier Reef, causing the worst coral bleaching ever recorded by scientists. In the worst affected area 67 percent of a 700km swath in the north of the reef lost its shallow-water corals over the past eight to nine months, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies based at James Cook University study found. EPA/TORY CHASE/ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CORAL REEF STUDIES AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES AUSTRALIA GREAT BARRIER REEF CORAL BLEACHING