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Half of the Great Barrier Reef Is Dead

See where coral in the world's largest coral reef system has been bleached to death.

ByLauren E. James
This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine.

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  • REEFS
  • CORALS
  • CLIMATE CHANGE
  • ALGAE
  • MAPS

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