Australia’s next government may be Great Barrier Reef’s last chance after sixth mass bleaching, conservationist says

Consecutive and severe bleaching is ‘fundamentally changing’ nature of reef, the International Coral Reef Society saysGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe Great Barrier Reef was hit by a sixth widespread coral bleaching event since 2016 this summer – the second time the world’s biggest coral reef has seen the phenomenon strike in back-to-back years – according to government authorities.Scientists and conservationists reacted with disma