New report notes further decline in Great Barrier Reef reef

It was recorded that the Great Barrier Reef suffered considerable coral loss of up to 72 per cent as a result of extensive bleaching and natural disasters last summer.

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority shows the Hardy Reef near the Whitsunday Islands, Australia on June 22, 2014. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on the planet _ so large, in fact, that it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. (Jumbo Aerial Photography/Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority via AP) Credit: Jumbo Aerial Photography/AP

The loss of coral reefs is a reality experienced by the world's largest coral reef ecosystem known as the Great Barrier Reef.

According to a report from the Australian Institute of Marine Science further bleaching has been spotted, mainly caused by heat stress due to climate change - and the impact of last summer's tropical cyclones Kirrilly and Jasper.

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