claim: a new study by scientists at the Australian Research Council finds that the ongoing bleaching event is mainly due to human-caused global warming, and that if global warming proceeds as currently expected, “large parts” of the Great Barrier Reef could die by the mid-2030s.
evidences.evidence_id: Climate change in Australia:250
evidences.article: Climate change in Australia
evidences.evidence: A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the reef has experienced unprecedented rates of bleaching over the past two decades, and additional warming of only 1 °C is anticipated to cause considerable losses or contractions of species associated with coral communities.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Great Barrier Reef:14
evidences.article: Great Barrier Reef
evidences.evidence: A March 2016 report stated that coral bleaching was more widespread than previously thought, seriously affecting the northern parts of the reef as a result of warming ocean temperatures.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Great Barrier Reef:16
evidences.article: Great Barrier Reef
evidences.evidence: In March 2017, the journal Nature published a paper showing that huge sections of an 800-kilometre (500 mi) stretch in the northern part of the reef had died in the course of 2016 due to high water temperatures, an event that the authors put down to the effects of global climate change.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Scientific consensus on climate change:144
evidences.article: Scientific consensus on climate change
evidences.evidence: International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS) in 2007, issued a Statement on Environment and Sustainable Growth: As reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), most of the observed global warming since the mid-20th century is very likely due to human-produced emission of greenhouse gases and this warming will continue unabated if present anthropogenic emissions continue or, worse, expand without control.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Scientific consensus on climate change:77
evidences.article: Scientific consensus on climate change
evidences.evidence: Human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas), and secondarily the clearing of land, have increased the concentration of carbon dioxide, methane, and other heat-trapping ("greenhouse") gases in the atmosphere...There is international scientific consensus that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS