A severe level of coral bleaching was reported in 1998, touching more than 30 countries throughout the Caribbean, Indian and Pacific Oceans, and up to 88 per cent of nearshore corals on the Great Barrier Reef have been affected.
(A severe level of coral bleaching; was reported; T:in 1998; touching more than 30 countries throughout the Caribbean, Indian and Pacific Oceans) (up to 88 per cent of nearshore corals on the Great Barrier Reef; have been affected; )
A severe level of coral bleaching up to 88 per cent of nearshore corals on the Great Barrier Reef
was reported have been affected
T:in 1998 touching more than 30 countries throughout the Caribbean, Indian and Pacific Oceans