Cleaner ships may have deepened Great Barrier Reef bleaching, study says.
TL;DR
A new study argues that removing sulfur from ship fuels reduced shading aerosols, allowing 5–10% more sunlight to reach the Great Barrier Reef and heightening heat stress during the 2022 bleaching event, illustrating a local impact of air pollution alongside CO2-driven warming.
Topics:scienceenvironment#climate-change#coral-bleaching#environment#great-barrier-reef#shipping-regulations#sulfur-emissions
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