Coral bleaching

December 18th, 2024

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Coral bleaching

7 months ago

Crisis Underwater: The Global Coral Bleaching Event of 2023

This three-panel image shows a boulder star coral in St. Croix, USVI, as it shifted from healthy (May 2023), to bleached (October 2023), to recovered (March 2024), following extreme marine heat stress throughout the Caribbean basin in 2023. (Image credit: NOAA)

Coral bleaching

7 months ago

Global coral bleaching hits unprecedented levels, NOAA reports

Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have confirmed that the world is currently facing the fourth global coral bleaching event...

The extensive bleaching, triggered by prolonged increases in sea temperatures, has been meticulously documented by NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch (CRW), covering vast expanses of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.

Coral bleaching

7 months ago

Marine crisis deepens with the declaration of fourth global coral bleaching event

In a landmark announcement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), the world is...