IGreat Barrier Reef, indawo kude kube kutshanje yayintle kakhulu njengoko yayilikhaya leentlobo ezahlukeneyo zobomi, ihamba kwimeko enzima. Ngokwenzululwazi amakhulu eekhilomitha eekorale ayinakufunyanwa.
I-Coral bleaching yenye yeziphumo zotshintsho lwemozulu, kwaye ngakumbi ngakumbi ukwanda kweqondo lobushushu lolwandle. Ukuba oku kuyaqhubeka, enye yeendawo i-Unesco eyabhengeza njengeNdawo yeLifa leMveli yeHlabathi inokutshabalala.
Ingcali uJon Brodie wathi kuhlelo lwaseAustralia Guardian que iikorale zikwimeko yesiphelo. Ngelixa ingesosihlandlo sokuqala ukuba iikorale zibenengxaki yokuqaqamba kwebala, bahlala beneminyaka yokuphinda bafumane, njengoko kusandula ukwenziwa kutshanje. Ngexesha le-1998 kunye ne-2002 babenexesha elibi, kodwa kude kube ngo-2016 khange baphinde basokole isiganeko esinje, umahluko wokuba ukusukela ngoko abanalo ixesha lokubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo.
»Kuthatha ubuncinci ishumi leminyaka ukubuyiswa ngokupheleleyo kweekorale ezikhula ngokukhawuleza, ke Iziganeko zokuphuma kwebala ngobuninzi beenyanga ezili-12 ziqhelile zinika amathuba okufumana kwakhona amatye ezonakaliswe ngo-2016Ucacisile uJames Kerry, isayensi yezaselwandle kwiYunivesithi yaseJames Cook (Australia).
Okwangoku, Iikhilomitha ezili-1500 zekorale ziye zahlanjululwa; kuphela yinxalenye esemazantsi esempilweni noko. Kummandla ophakathi, izinga lokufa malunga neepesenti ezingama-50 lirekhodwe, utshilo uTerry Hughes, umlawuli weZiko lokuGqwesa kwiCoral Reef Study.
Kwinzululwazi, Unobangela woku kuba mhlophe bubushushu behlabathi. Kule minyaka ingama-19 idlulileyo, ukonyuka kwenqanaba elinye kubangele imicimbi emine, utshilo uHughes. Ukuba akukho manyathelo athatyathwayo ukunqanda, zonke iikorale ziya kuthi shwaka.