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Gesche Wüpper

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Business correspondent based in France. Aviation, sailing, travel and food fan. Ocean and nature lover. Convinced European.

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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
French civil aviation authority DGAC asks French airlines not to enter Venezuelan airspace, but allows them to continue flights to the West Indies and French Guyana. Delays and diversions could happen, so that airlines should carry additional fuel, it warns.
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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 03/01/2026
7:42 UTC airspace snapshot over Venezuela
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
No good news for travelers: Eurostar stops all trains to and from London due to technical problems. Hope they can resolve the issues quickly! www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
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Eurostar suspend jusqu’à nouvel ordre tous ses trains en provenance ou à destination de Londres en raison de problèmes techniques
« Tous les trajets en provenance ou à destination de Londres sont suspendus jusqu’à nouvel ordre en attente d’un déblocage », a annoncé une porte-parole de l’entreprise après un double incident techni...
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) grounded all planes belonging to Caribbean airline Air Antilles after suspending its operating license, following significant safety concerns raised during a recent regulatory audit. www.lesechos.fr/industrie-se...
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
European airlines will deliver the highest profits in 2025 and 2026, overtaking for the first time in more than a decade their Northamerican peers, predicts IATA. But airlines from the Middle East will be strongest in terms of margins and profit per passenger. bit.ly/48ws8Va
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Starke Ergebnisse für europäische Airlines erwartet | Börsen-Zeitung
Die IATA rechnet trotz Lieferengpässen mit weltweitem Rekordgewinn und steigenden Frachteinnahmen für die Branche.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Sudden leadership change at Qatar Airways. www.flightglobal.com/airlines/qat...
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Qatar Airways leadership suddenly changes as Hamad airport executive named new chief
Qatar Airways Group has named a new chief executive, appointing Hamad Ali Al-Khater who succeeds Badr Mohammed Al-Meer with immediate effect. The Gulf carrier has not elaborated on the sudden change i...
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Airbus delivered only 72 aircraft in November, even a little less than expected. So it has to deliver 133 planes in December to reach the lowered delivery target of around 790 this year.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Airbus lowers its delivery target for this year from around 820 aircraft to around 790 after quality problems with fuselage panels delivered by one supplier for the A320 became public Monday.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Airbus asks A320-operators to implement a software and/or hardware protection immediately after a recent event with a A320-family-aircraft revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
With the decision to increase ESA budget for the three coming years to €22.1 billion member countries follow the recommendations of ESA director general Josef Aschbacher who warned that Europe can't afford to fall behind even more in the global space race. bit.ly/4isCMzB
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Mehr Geld für Europas Rolle im All | Börsen-Zeitung
Der ESA-Ministerrat hat in Bremen eine deutliche Steigerung des Budgets beschlossen, damit Europa im Wettlauf ums All nicht zurückfällt.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
European Space Agency's ministerial council in Bremen this week has to lead the way for the future and make sure that Europe's space sector does not lag behind, while competition is heating uo. It must also lay the foundations for a common defence strategy. 🛰️🚀🛰️ bit.ly/4oYfWSD
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Europas Herausforderungen im All | Börsen-Zeitung
Die ESA-Ministerratstagung in Bremen muss die Grundlagen für eine gemeinsame Verteidigungsstrategie im All legen.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
German space group OHB works together with Dassault Aviation from France on a project for Vortex, a reusable spaceplane. They discussed the partnership at Paris Air Show in June, OHB CEO Marco Fuchs told me. bit.ly/4pn4z6F
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OHB arbeitet mit Dassault an Spaceshuttle | Börsen-Zeitung
Der Bremer Raumfahrtkonzern arbeitet zusammen mit dem französischen Flugzeugbauer an Vortex, einem wiederverwendbaren Spaceshuttle.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Why Air France sticks to its First Class La Première and what different kind of clients it attracts. bit.ly/4gOWNzb
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Rentabler Nischenmarkt | Börsen-Zeitung
La Première ist für Air France ein Aushängeschild für luxuriöse französische Lebensart. Sie ist bei drei Gruppen von Kunden gefragt.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
French president Macron proposes to nominate his former Prime Minister Castex as CEO of rail operator SNCF.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
With only 434 this year till end of August, Airbus has to deliver 386 to reach its goal of 820 deliveries in 2025, more than 96 aircraft per month. Experts consider the chance the planemaker can achieve that only 5%. bit.ly/3VxxfNd
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"5% de chance qu'Airbus atteigne les 810 livraisons cette année" : le constructeur doit mettre les bouchées doubles pour atteindre ses objectifs
Chez Airbus, il va falloir mettre les bouchées doubles. Le constructeur d'avions européen s'était fixé comme objectif de livrer 820 avions cette année. Mais quelques problèmes ont émergé et l'avionneu...
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
European planemaker Airbus reports 67 deliveries for July, 10 less than July last year. Despite a big number of gliders, it still sticks to its plan to deliver around 820 aircraft this year. So far it delivered 373 in 2025.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
#Airbus has 60 gliders - planes without engines - at the moment due to persistent engine supply issues on the A320 program, CEO Faury told reporters. Majority of it lack CFM engines, but some also Pratt & Whitney ones. Airbus only had more gliders in 2018 when there were 100 at this time of the year
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The German government considers taking a stake in French-German tank maker #KNDS as the German owner families Bode and Braunbehrens want to withdraw from the company. bit.ly/3ItxVQH
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Bundesregierung prüft Einstieg bei Panzerschmiede KNDS | Börsen-Zeitung
Die Bundesregierung prüft nach Informationen der Börsen-Zeitung einen Einstieg beim deutsch-französischen Panzerbauer KNDS. Grund ist der geplante Rückzug der deutschen Eigentümerfamilien.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
French president Emmanuel Macron says #France will increase military spending till 2027 to € 64 billion, doubling it in comparison to 2017. He announced € 3,5 billion extra spending for 2026 and € 3 billion for 2027 the evening before Bastille Day. bit.ly/44MeZ7c
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En direct, discours d’Emmanuel Macron aux armées : le président de la République annonce des efforts budgétaires pour la défense de 3,5 milliards d’euros en 2026 et 3 milliards en 2027
« C’est le double du budget dont les armées disposaient en 2017. Cet effort nouveau, historique et proportionné, est crédible. Il est indispensable », a assuré le chef de l’Etat, tout en renvoyant la ...
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The influential aerospace industry association #Gifas has elected Safran CEO Olivier Andriès as new president. It was chaired from 2011 till now by Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury whose mandate ended.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
MTU CEO Lars Wagner will join Airbus already in November this year before succeeding Christian Scherer as CEO of the Commercial Aircraft division on 1 January 2026.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Crossborder consolidation in the European banking sector seems unlikely at the moment, says #BNPParibas CFO Lars Machenil. He is focusing on targeted acquisitions which strengthen existing activities in BNP's key markets and expects impact of the US trade policy to be balanced. bit.ly/44yQla6
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„BNP Paribas hat für Deutschland große Ambitionen“ | Börsen-Zeitung
BNP-Paribas-CFO sieht positive Zeichen bei der Regulierung in Europa, glaubt aber nicht an baldige grenzüberschreitende Konsolidierung.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Increasing #polarisation is one of the three major risks for our society besides climate change and digitalisation, judges Thierry Léger, the CEO of French reinsurer Scor. Very interesting interview in @lesechosfr.bsky.social. bit.ly/4knB1Ty
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Air France wants to increase its stake in SAS from 19,9% to 60,5%, buying the stakes from Castlelake and Lind Invest, aiming to close the transaction in the second half of 2026.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
French Civil Aviation Authority DGAC asks airlines to reduce flights at French airports Friday significantly because air controllers are striking: Nice by 50%, Parisian airports by 40%, Lyon, Marseille and airports at Corsica by 30%.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
During the summer, Air France opens a restaurant at the rooftop of the famous Parisian department store Galeries Lafayette where you can try the menu which is served in its business class without taking the plane.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
After years of cash outflows the #A400M program will be cash neutral for the first time 2025 and will start to be cash positive 2026, says #Airbus CFO Thomas Toepfer. Whether Airbus, Thales and Leonardo will tie-up their satellite business should be decided before the end of the year. bit.ly/4luwcJ1
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„Der Raumfahrtsektor in Europa ist zu zersplittert“ | Börsen-Zeitung
Airbus hält trotz geopolitischer Risiken an der Prognose fest. Der Konzern will 2025 das operative Ergebnis um 30% auf 7 Mrd. Euro steigern. Sollten die Zölle gleich bleiben, wäre dieses Ziel erreichb...
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Airline tickets in France could become more expensive as the government is considering adding new taxes on domestic flights, reports @lesechosfr.bsky.social . bit.ly/4epIv71
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
French air traffic controllers threaten with a strike for July 3 and 4, some of the days a lot of French start their summer holidays. They complain about cntrol measures, salaries and hiring schemes.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Air France-KLM and French airport operator Groupe ADP announce a partnership which aims to strengthen the Parisian airport CDG against the growing concurrence of other hubs. Among other things they want to launch a special stopover program - a bit like Changi and Dubai.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Embraer wants to expand its defence business and ramp up production of the KC-390. Portugal bought a sixth KC-390 at Paris Air Show and signed an option to acquire up to 10 additional aircraft. #PAS25 bit.ly/3G2EyZh
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Rüstung stiehlt ziviler Luftfahrt die Show | Börsen-Zeitung
Der Verteidigungsbereich steht auf der Luftfahrtmesse in Le Bourget stärker im Fokus als bisher. Auch Embraer will den Bereich ausbauen.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Geopolitical tensions and the Air India crash overshadowed the first day of the Paris Air Show which is expected to be much calmer in term of orders despite Airbus signing several deals. #PAS25 bit.ly/4e67uvT
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Luftfahrtmesse im Zeichen von Krisen und Kriegen | Börsen-Zeitung
Auf der weltgrößten Branchenmesse in Le Bourget dominieren in diesem Jahr Rüstungsgüter das Bild.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Final preparations before the start of the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget… #PAS25
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Getting ready for the Paris Air Show aboard Embraer’s KC-390. Defence and space definitively play a bigger role at this edition of Le Bourget. #PAS25
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Airbus Defence & Space is preparing for higher demand by developing ramp-up scenarios, something the company knows well from its commercial planemaking unit, says Airbus defence chief Michael Schoellhorn. "It's also a question to set the course for the future." bit.ly/3GhzYpE
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„Die richtigen Weichen für die Zukunft stellen“ | Börsen-Zeitung
Airbus Defence & Space-Chef Schöllhorn rechnet mit steigender Nachfrage. Er bereitet deshalb die Produktionshochfuhr vor.
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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Delta Airlines earnings call today was apparently pretty clear that transatlantic air travel bookings are taking a nosedive, alongside everything else.
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Scott Hamilton @leeham.net · 07/04/2025
Boeing at far greater risk of tariff impacts than Airbus Subscripton Required By Scott Hamilton April 7, 2025, © Leeham News: Tariffs against the rest of the world announced by US President Donald Trump last week threaten retaliatory tariffs against Boeing at a far greater level than Airbus faces,…
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Boeing at far greater risk of tariff impacts than Airbus
Subscripton Required By Scott Hamilton April 7, 2025, © Leeham News: Tariffs against the rest of the world announced by US President Donald Trump last week threaten retaliatory tariffs against Boeing at a far greater level than Airbus faces, an analysis by LNA shows. Trump exempted no part of the world from tariffs where Boeing isn’t at risk for retaliatory tariffs.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Delays in plane deliveries and shortages of spare parts could affect the profitability of airlines, warns Rafale Schvartzman, IATA Regional Vice President Europe. Aging fleets mean higher maintenance and fuel costs; bit.ly/4jrhUbf
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„Südeuropa hat sich schneller erholt“ | Börsen-Zeitung
Airlines rechnen mit steigender Nachfrage in Europa, aber Lieferengpässen könnten die Profitabilität belasten, sagt IATA-Topmanager Schvartzman.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/04/2025
Businesses around the globe faced up to a future of higher prices, trade turmoil and reduced access to the world's largest market after US President Trump confirmed their worst fears by instituting broad tariffs worldwide reut.rs/3E8E6Yz
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 03/04/2025
The world's 500 richest people saw their combined wealth fall by a combined $208 billion, the most since Covid, as tariffs sent markets into a tailspin
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Billionaires Lose Combined $208 Billion in One Day From Trump Tariffs
The world’s 500 richest people saw their combined wealth plunge by $208 billion Thursday as broad tariffs announced by President Donald Trump sent global markets into a tailspin.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
French president Emmanuel Macrons asks French companies to stop their investments in the US till things have been clarified with the Trump administration. www.lesechos.fr/economie-fra...
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Interview worth reading in Le Monde on what's at stake in the debate about the Le Pen sentence. "Attacking the legal institutions is not only violating the judges but also the foundations of our democracy", says the first president of the French cour de cassation. bit.ly/43vNTCj
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Condamnation de Marine Le Pen : « Attaquer l’institution judiciaire, ce n’est pas seulement porter atteinte aux juges mais aussi aux fondements de notre démocratie »
Dans un entretien au « Monde », le premier président de la Cour de cassation, Christophe Soulard, rappelle que la condamnation de Marine Le Pen est motivée par le droit et une loi votée au Parlement, ...
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Very interesting interview: "Never before in history somebody was able to weigh such as Elon Musk on an election", David Colon, associate professor Science Po, tells Les Echos. "Social networks have become weapons of mass manipulation." www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats...
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k. radke @kradke.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
#Europa Eine Philippika von Florian Illies. Man liest den Text mit angehaltenem Atem. www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
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Europa und die USA: Danke, Amerika, es reicht jetzt!
Andy Warhol, Big Mac, iPhone: Das war eine große Epoche der USA. Aber sie ist vorbei. Europa sollte sich emanzipieren – nur nicht so verdruckst wie Jürgen Habermas.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/03/2025
US tells French companies to comply with Donald Trump’s anti-diversity order www.ft.com/content/02ed56af-7595-4c…
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US tells French companies to comply with Donald Trump’s anti-diversity order
Move signals push by the American president to widen his ideological campaign abroad
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
View from an A321 for this #WingFriday ✈️ Do you recognize the runway?
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
What Trump's tariffs mean for Stellantis, French suppliers and Japanese carmakers. www.boersen-zeitung.de/unternehmen-...
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Strafzölle belasten internationale Autobauer deutlich | Börsen-Zeitung
Die US-Strafzölle treffen Stellantis und japanische Hersteller hart. Die Opel-Mutter könnte deshalb neue Produktionspläne präsentieren.
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Gesche Wüpper @geschew.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Good night, Beluga! Good night, Opti-1!
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/03/2025
Ningaloo and Great Barrier Reef hit by ‘profoundly distressing’ simultaneous coral bleaching events
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Ningaloo and Great Barrier Reef hit by ‘profoundly distressing’ simultaneous coral bleaching events
Scientists say widespread damage to both world heritage-listed reefs is ‘heartbreaking’ as WA reef accumulates highest amount of heat stress on record * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s two world heritage-listed reefs – Ningaloo on the west coast and the Great Barrier Reef on the east – have been hit simultaneously by coral bleaching that reef experts have called “heartbreaking” and “a profoundly distressing moment”. Teams of scientists on both coasts have been monitoring and tracking the heat stress and bleaching extending across thousands of kilometres of marine habitat, which is likely to have been driven by global heating. Continue reading...
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