Tech ‘Dead corals don’t make babies’: Great Barrier Reef can’t heal after global warming damage April 3, 2019April 3, 2019Doyle Rice, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Dead corals don’t make babies’: Great Barrier Reef can’t heal after global warming damage Coral in Australia's Great Barrier Reef just can't handle the heat. In fact, as global warming heats the reef, the coral there isn't able to recover.