claim: Scientists confirm a mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef this year has killed more corals than ever before, with more than two thirds destroyed across large swathes of the biodiverse site.
evidences.evidence_id: Coral bleaching:123
evidences.article: Coral bleaching
evidences.evidence: Over two thirds of the Great Barrier Reef have been reported to be bleached or dead.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Coral bleaching:8
evidences.article: Coral bleaching
evidences.evidence: In 2016, bleaching of coral on the Great Barrier Reef killed between 29 and 50 percent of the reef's coral.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Great Barrier Reef:14
evidences.article: Great Barrier Reef
evidences.evidence: A March 2016 report stated that coral bleaching was more widespread than previously thought, seriously affecting the northern parts of the reef as a result of warming ocean temperatures.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Great Barrier Reef:18
evidences.article: Great Barrier Reef
evidences.evidence: Many of the mature breeding adults died in the bleaching events of 2016–17 leading to low coral birth rates.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Great Barrier Reef:94
evidences.article: Great Barrier Reef
evidences.evidence: According to a 2012 study by the National Academy of Science, since 1985, the Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half of its corals with two-thirds of the loss occurring from 1998 due to the factors listed before.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS SUPPORTS