Australia Lowers Great Barrier Reef’s Outlook to ‘Very Poor’

Australian authorities are sounding the alarm about the health of the Great Barrier Reef’s coral. The government agency in charge of managing the reef has downgraded the long-term outlook for the reef’s ecosystem from “poor” in 2014 to “very poor” in 2019. A World Heritage-listed natural wonder, the reef contains the world’s largest collection of coral reefs.