SYDNEY: Australian scientists said that just 7% of the Great Barrier Reef, which attracts around A$5bil (RM15bil) in tourism every year, has been untouched by mass bleaching that is likely to destroy half the coral.
Bleaching of coral occurs where it expels living algae, causing it to calcify as a result of rising sea temperatures.
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