Coal, Agriculture, Rising Sea Temperatures Have Australia's Great Barrier Reef Reeling

摘要

The bleaching of large parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has put the beef and sugar industries under scrutiny over polluted runoff, raised fresh questions about coal mining and prompted politicians to seek new ways to finance reef protection activities. But threats to the world's largest coral reef system also are reverberating far beyond Australia, adding to pressure on the international community to quickly implement the Paris Agreement to fight global warming.