New mass bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef due to high water temperatures. A 1,100 kilometer long area of the natural wonder is affected.
According to marine conservationists, only a change in the weather could help. Hundreds of coral species, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 different species of molluscs are found here. The living organism stretches 2,300 kilometers off the northeast coast of Australia and is considered one of the most species-rich habitats on earth.