More corals die in Great Barrier Reef bleaching

Sydney

MORE corals are dying and others are succumbing to disease and predators after the worst-ever bleaching on Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef, scientists said on Wednesday.

A swathe of corals bleached in the northern third of the 2,300-kilometre long biodiverse site off the Queensland state coast died after an unprecedented bleaching earlier this year as sea temperatures rose.