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Last summer was so hot on the Great Barrier Reef, even the scientist didn’t believe it

Lifelong researcher Dr Benjamin Henley couldn’t believe his eyes when he mapped it out on paper for the first time.

Of the past 400 years, the six hottest years for sea surface temperatures on the Great Barrier Reef have all been since 2016. The summer of 2024 was such an extreme reading it was literally off Henley’s chart

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/climate-change/last-summer-was-so-hot-on-the-great-barrier-reef-even-the-scientist-didn-t-believe-it-20240807-p5k099.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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