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Byline: babalu03 BLEACHING of the Great Barrier Reef will cost Australia almost $38 billion if climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions continues unchecked, an analysis has found.

It was formed by hard corals, similar to those that built the Great Barrier Reef off the Queensland coast in Australia.

Collaborators in the trial were the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F), James Cook University and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is regarded as one of the world's most popular scuba diving holiday destination The Great Barrier Reef is situated off the east coast of Australia and it is the only living organic collective on earth, said to be visible from outer space Australia's Great Barrier Reef is regarded as one of the world's most popular scuba diving holiday destination.

The study, published in the Marine Ecology Progress Series, shows corals on the Great Barrier Reef are being harmed by agricultural chemicals even when the chemicals are only present in small quantities.

Quoting a draft report from the International Panel on Climate Change, The Age said coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef is likely to become an annual occurrence by as early as 2030 because of warmer, more acidic seas.

Reefscape: Reflections on the Great Barrier Reef (Joseph Henry Press, $24.

A SMALL town in the South Wales valleys now stands alongside the Taj Mahal and the Great Barrier Reef as a site of global importance, after winning World Heritage status.