592245 external_news 1496241174 1496245594 Meanwhile down in Australia, the same issues impacting U.S. coral reefs – global warming, bleaching – have also been taking their toll on the Great Barrier Reef, one of the world's natural wonders and a top global tourist attraction. An advisory committee is now suggesting an update to plans that could help the reef's ecosystem. Kim Cobb of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences offers some hope that parts of the Great Barrier Reef could survive past 2050.

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