Great Barrier Reef could recover from rapid coral decline if global heating was kept to 2C, study finds

University of Queensland modelling warns of 'grim future' for corals once global temperatures cross thresholdSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton's free Clear Air newsletter hereThe Great Barrier Reef will undergo "rapid coral decline" until 2050 but could recover if global heating is kept below 2C, according to the most detailed modelling so far of the future of the world's biggest coral reef.The finding contradicts a widely held view that the decline of the oceanic gem would become irreversible as global temperatures rise above 1.5C, with one report last month suggesting the world's tropical corals had already reached a tipping point of long-term decline.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton's Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...