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Environment
Savannah Meacham

RARE PHOTOS: Catastrophic damage to icon from global warming | Rare Historical Photos

Severe heat has reduced some Great Barrier Reef coral to rubble. (HANDOUT/JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY)

Coral has been reduced to rubble in parts of the Great Barrier Reef after a marine heatwave caused "catastrophic" damage off Queensland's coast.

Western Australia is also feeling the impact of rising ocean temperatures, with thousands of fish dying and coral bleaching intensifying across the Kimberley region.

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