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Louis De Bouganville was the first person that documented the land of the Great Barrier Reef. Three French ships were lead by Louis De Bouganville.
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Ever since te Europeans moved along the Queensland coast in Australia, the Acropora corals have started getting destroyed.
Scientists think it is because of the water quality and from floods and cyclones. -
January 1997 was recorded as one of the hottest summers in Australia, because of this lots of coral was bleached. 70% of the coral died.
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More severe bleaching happened. This bleaching was affected in the area of Bowen, Australia.
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Four years later more bleaching accured in the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.
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8 months later they had a huge rain storm and the corals got drenched with freshwater which not only bleached them but killed them.
