The health of the GBR in recent years has alarmed scientist all over the world. Climate change induced stressors (Ocean warming, OA and increasing tropical cyclones) have been combining with local stressors;

the goal of the assessment would be to untangle the causes of observed stress on coral ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef, to hopefully identify local stressors that compromise coral's resilience to guide short term management efforts towards these factors, whilst continuing the challenge of the long term efforts to mitigate anthropogenic global warming.