The Great Barrier Reef stretches thousands of kilometers up the coast of Queensland.
Mandatory Credit:	Gagliardi Giovanni/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

The Great Barrier Reef stretches thousands of kilometers up the coast of Queensland.
Mandatory Credit: Gagliardi Giovanni/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

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Great Barrier Reef stays off UNESCO ‘in danger’ list but hot El Niño summer looms

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has decided not to add the Great Barrier Reef to its list of sites “in danger,” despite overwhelming scientific evidence that suggests it’s at risk of another mass bleaching this coming summer – and scientists are questioning why.