a new study by scientists at the australian research council finds that the ongoing bleaching event is mainly due to human-caused global warming, and that if global warming proceeds as currently expected, “large parts” of the great barrier reef could die by the mid-2030s.
a new study by scientists at the australian research council finds that the ongoing bleaching event is mainly due to human-caused global warming, and that if global warming proceeds as currently expected, “large parts” of the great barrier reef could die by the mid-2030s.
scientific consensus on climate change:77
human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas), and secondarily the clearing of land, have increased the concentration of carbon dioxide, methane, and other heat-trapping ("greenhouse") gases in the atmosphere...there is international scientific consensus that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.