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The Canopy is a weekday morning email newsletter provided by the team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
## [Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet.](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/worst-summer-on-record-for-great-barrier-reef-as-coral-die-off-sweeps-planet)
Monday, 6 May 2024
The Great Barrier Reef just experienced its worst summer on record, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced last month that the world is undergoing a global mass coral bleaching event — the fourth since the late 1990s — impacting at least 53 countries.
## [El Niño is over and another La Niña could be on the way](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/el-niño-is-over-and-another-la-niña-could-be-on-the-way)
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Seven months after an El Niño associated with hotter and drier weather got under way, conditions have returned to neutral.Should a La Niña get under way later this year it would be the fourth such event in the past five years. Such a sequence – of three La Niñas followed by an El Niño and La Niña...
## [Coral bleaching event felt across the globe](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/coral-bleaching-event-felt-across-the-globe)
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
It’s not just the Great Barrier Reef that’s going through coral bleaching, the world is experiencing its second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida teetering on the brink of disaster following months of record-breaking ocean heat.
## [New data shows Great Barrier Reef suffering underwater bushfire on par with Black Summer](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/new-data-shows-great-barrier-reef-suffering-underwater-bushfire-on-par-with-black-summer)
Monday, 15 April 2024
New data shows the Great Barrier Reef has suffered through its worst-ever heat stress with more than 80% of reefs enduring dangerous levels of heating (more than four Degree Heating Weeks), as scientists grapple to quantify the irreparable, cumulative damage from repeated such events.
## [King tides cause new levels of devastation in Tuvalu, as the nation weighs up the Falepili Union treaty](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/king-tides-cause-new-levels-of-devastation-in-tuvalu-as-the-nation-weighs-up-the-falepili-union-treaty)
Monday, 8 April 2024
Angela Telupe watched her backyard flood as a king tide tightened its grip on the main island of Tuvalu. Tuvalu Meteorological Service data and communication officer Simoea Tiute said the February king tide was the worst she had seen in her life in Tuvalu. The flooding came as Tuvalu considered the...
## [Methane emissions from energy sector near record high](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/methane-emissions-from-energy-sector-near-record-high)
Thursday, 14 March 2024
The International Energy Agency’s Global Methane Tracker has revealed that large methane plumes from leaky fossil fuel infrastructure jumped by 50 per cent in 2023 compared with 2022. However, the International Energy Agency is optimistic that new satellites will help improve monitoring and...
## [Lord Howe island faces major coral bleaching as ocean temperatures soar](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/lord-howe-island-faces-major-coral-bleaching-as-ocean-temperatures-soar)
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
Scientists fear excessive ocean heat – which is bleaching corals in parts of the Great Barrier Reef – is now hitting the world’s most southern coral reef at the World Heritage-listed Lord Howe island. There are also concerns ocean temperatures are reaching dangerous levels for corals at Australia’s...
## [East coast humpback whale population reaches record numbers](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/east-coast-humpback-whale-population-reaches-record-numbers)
Monday, 23 October 2023
[**Experts say east coast humpback whale population has reached record numbers, as tourism booms**](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-22/east-coast-humpback-whale-population-record-high-experts-say/102990590?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link)Beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean off Australia's east coast, record numbers of humpback whales are making their way south on their annual migration journey. After commercial whaling from the late...
## [‘We are vulnerable’: demand for drought aid rises as El Niño takes hold in Queensland](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/we-are-vulnerable-demand-for-drought-aid-rises-as-el-niño-takes-hold-in-queensland)
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
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## [Australia amongst first to sign global high seas treaty](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/australia-amongst-first-to-sign-global-high-seas-treaty)
Thursday, 21 September 2023
Australia has become one of the first in the world to sign a legally binding, landmark biodiversity pact for the high seas which addresses an astonishing lack of protection for parts of the ocean that lie over 200 nautical miles offshore. Greenpeace CEO David Ritter has praised this development but...
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