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Great Barrier Reef Bleaching, March 2016
- States that there is indisputable evidence climate change is harming the Great Barrier Reef
- Assesses how much climate change might be contributing to bleaching events like the event occurring in March 2016
- Estimates that climate change has increased sea surface temperatures in the hottest March months by just over 1°C
- States that March 2016 was clearly extreme in the observed weather record, but climate models estimate that by 2034 temperature anomalies like March 2016 will be normal
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