An aerial view of Vlassof Cay in the Great Barrier Reef, Nov. 14, 2012 in Cairns, Australia. Credit: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images The bad news: 22 percent of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has died.
The state party report on the Great Barrier Reef, submitted to UNESCO by the Australian government, is inaccurate and fails to acknowledge serious declines in the reef’s health. The state party report ...