Climate change is now seen as the biggest long term threat to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which has shown clear signs of erosion over the last 30 years.

A report by the Australian Institute of Marine Science recently highlighted the scale of the decline - which is being made worse by natural disasters such as cyclones and the coral-eating crown of thorns starfish.

Christa Larwood reports.

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