Mass Coral Bleaching Occurring on Most of Barrier Reef

Lemon Damselfish swimming amongst the corals on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, on July 13, 2021. Melanie Sun/The Epoch Times

The Great Barrier Reef is in the grip of its fifth mass bleaching event in eight years due to heat stress caused by climate change.

Conservation and climate action groups are dismayed but far from surprised by what’s unfolding at hundreds of sites along two-thirds of the reef.