“Images taken by local divers last week and shared exclusively with the Guardian by the Australian Marine Conservation Society show newly bleached corals discovered near Palm Island. “Most of the Great Barrier Reef has been placed on red alert for coral bleaching for the coming month by the US...
FILE - View of the Hol Chan Marine Reserve coral reef in the outskirts of San Pedro village, in Ambergris Cay, Belize, on June 6, 2018.(PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images) Such a designation could improve water quality in the coastal zone, limit excessive fishing and protect spawn...