Great Barrier Reef outlook downgraded to “very poor”
The report is the agency’s third and tracks continuing deterioration since the first in 2009
Scientists Warn: The Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved by current efforts
The back-to-back bleaching events in 2016 and 2017 contributed to the worst coral die-off ever recorded
UN: 2016 hottest year on record
One of the 16 hottest years this century