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Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass bleaching in five years

The third such event in five years prompts scientists to renew urgent warnings about climate change.

As much as 35 percent of northern and central Great Barrier Reef dead or dying: scientists

 Mass bleaching has destroyed as much as 35 percent of the coral on the northern and central Great Barrier Reef,

Australia pulls Great Barrier Reef damage from UNESCO tourism report

Australia's Department of the Environment said on Friday it had omitted its contribution to a U.N. report examining the impact of climate change on world heritage sites over concern it could create "confusion" and have a negative impact on tourism.

Parts of Great Barrier Reef face permanent destruction due to El Nino: scientists

 Parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef face permanent destruction if the current El Nino, one of the strongest in two decades, does not ease this month, scientists said on Wednesday.

Protection plan 'will not save Great Barrier Reef'

 Australia's Academy of Science says an Australian government draft plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef will not prevent its decline.