{"id":2112,"date":"2023-05-09T10:32:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T10:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.openvirtualworlds.org\/worldheritage2023\/?page_id=2112"},"modified":"2023-05-09T10:38:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T10:38:02","slug":"climate-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stage.openvirtualworlds.org\/worldheritage2023\/climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Climate Change<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Threat by Climate change<\/strong> <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Climate change is the greatest threat to the Great Barrier Reef and coral reefs worldwide. The rapid increase in greenhouse gas emissions since the pre-industrial era has led to an estimated 1.0\u00b0C increase in global average temperature. global temperature increases lead to warmer seawater, which can have a variety of effects, including damaging ocean heat waves.
Not only are atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations currently at record levels for the past 800,000 years, but the climate is changing at a rate not seen in decades to millennia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Since 1985, the Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half of its reefs to these hazards, with two-thirds of this loss occurring since 1998.A March 2016 report showed that a third global bleaching event triggered by ocean warming could wipe out the entire north-central reef, accounting for more than 40% of the Great Barrier Reef. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some Facts about Coral bleaching<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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