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World's coral reef system under threat from record-breaking ocean heat

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Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, a result of warming ocean waters, driven in part, by climate change. The event is expected to be the most extensive on record. For Australia's Great Barrier Reef, it's the fifth mass bleaching event in eight years.
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