Monsoon cooling helps Great Barrier Reef coral cover hold steady after bleaching

A late-summer monsoon in twenty twenty-six brought cooling relief to the Great Barrier Reef. Per the Australian Institute of Marine Science's annual survey, the monsoon helped coral cover hold steady and aided the reef's initial recovery from recent climate-driven bleaching.

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