Great Barrier Reef recovery underway thanks to late-summer monsoon

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A late monsoon season earlier this year provided the Great Barrier Reef with a crucial breathing space from coral bleaching, helping the world's largest reef system begin recovering from recent damage.The rainy conditions boosted cloud cover and brought sea temperatures down, curbing both the severity and spread of bleaching during the 2025/26 summer, according to the Australian Institute of Marine Science's latest annual survey.Findings from the 40th AIMS report reveal that coral cover either grew modestly or held steady across the reef's northern, central and southern zones compared with the previous year.All three regions maintained coral cover at or close to their long-term averages, suggesting the 2025 mass bleaching event and a regional bleaching episode in early 2026 had only limited effects.

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