Extreme ocean heat is causing a mass bleaching event in coral reefs worldwide, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA announced Monday that “4. global coral bleaching event” and that bleaching has been documented in every major ocean basin in the past 14 months, including off Florida in the United States, Australia’s Great… Read More »
A mass bleaching event is occurring in coral reefs around the world as the climate crisis triggers record-breaking ocean heat, two science organizations announced Monday. some experts warn this could be the worst bleaching period in recorded history. More than 54% of the world’s coral reef areas experienced bleaching last year, affecting at least 53… Read More »
By Gloria Dickie and Alison Withers (Reuters) – Many of the world’s colorful coral reefs have turned a ghostly white along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, scientists said on Monday, the fourth global bleaching event in the past three decades. At least 54 countries and territories have experienced mass bleaching of reefs since… Read More »
A mass bleaching event is occurring in coral reefs around the world as the climate crisis triggers record-breaking ocean heat, two science organizations announced Monday. some experts warn this could be the worst bleaching period in recorded history. More than 54% of the world’s coral reef areas experienced bleaching last year, affecting at least 53… Read More »