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A Multifactor Risk Analysis of the Record 2016 Great Barrier Reef Bleaching

Summary/Abstract

Anthropogenic greenhouse gases likely increased the risk of the extreme Great Barrier Reef bleaching event through anomalously high sea surface temperature and the accumulation of thermal stress.

Sophie C. Lewis & Jennie Mallela, A Multifactor Risk Analysis of the Record 2016 Great Barrier Reef Bleaching, in BAMS 2016

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January 2018
Sophie C. Lewis, Jennie Mallela
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Peer-reviewed Study
Australia, Great Barrier Reef
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