No, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia is NOT dead. But it is in trouble.

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  • A school of fish hovers over staghorn coral on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. A report declaring the roughly 25-million-year-old reef dead is off the mark, scientists say. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times) A school of fish hovers over staghorn coral on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. A report declaring the roughly 25-million-year-old reef dead is off the mark, scientists say. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times)
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  • Corals Belch Algae During Deadly 'Bleaching' Corals Belch Algae During Deadly 'Bleaching'
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Kim Cobb, professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, discusses the health of the Great Barrier Reef with the Los Angeles Times.

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College of Sciences

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Environment
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School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences, Professor Kim Cobb, Great Barrier Reef, LA times
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  • Created By: Matt Barr
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Oct 19, 2016 - 9:19am
  • Last Updated: Oct 19, 2016 - 9:39am