Australia is the home of the Great Barrier Reef and the world’s largest coral reef eco system. It homes thousands of organisms but as of Tuesday March 29, 2016, the Australian Research Council says it might be in a little of bit of trouble. The reef is currently experiencing the worst bleaching event in history. In addition, the National Coral Bleaching Taskforce took an aerial survey and documented more than 500 coral reefs spanning 2,485 miles were experiencing severe bleaching.

Bleaching is when coral is exposed to stresses such as warmer-than-average waters for prolonged periods of time. Then after the coral will appeared to white or “bleached”. This can be a problem for the current ecosystem because it can harm the organisms that live there. It can be dangerous for global ecosystems because it can affect food chains all around the world.

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