Scuba diving enthusiasts are being urged to head to Australia's Great Barrier Reef while they still can as new reports suggest that the tourist hotspot could be in danger of becoming extinct from global warming.
A confidential draft of a major report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was obtained by Australia's the Age newspaper, which said the reef risks becoming "functionally extinct" within decades as the world's water temperature rises.
The Great Barrier Reef, off the north-east coast near Cairns, is considered by many in the industry to be a scuba diving Mecca due to its sheer size and vast quantities of marine life.
At over 2,000km long, it is believed that the reef has never been explored in its entirety and thus offers scuba divers the enthralling opportunity to visit areas that no pair of human eyes has ever seen before.
Although experienced divers will have the skills to get the best out of the reef, Cairns is also a good spot for beginners as there are plenty of five-day courses on offer one of the world's best diving destinations.
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