“The ongoing global coral bleaching event is the biggest to date,” NOAA scientists said. Bleaching occurs when heat upends the coral’s metabolism, causing it to turn white as it expels the ...

Unfortunately, that may not be the case forever. As the Earth’s temperature rises, these animals go through a process called coral bleaching that leaves them looking pale — and sometimes ...

77% of world's reef areas affected by bleaching-level heat stress Scientists to assess severity of event in coming months and years Emergency session on coral reefs to be held at COP16 summit in ...

Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced ...

Coral reefs have long been losing their color due to bleaching, but a recent uptick has caused nearly all of the world's reefs to be damaged. A record-breaking amount of marine life fell victim to ...

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Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative ...

This is the fourth global coral bleaching event ever recorded, and the second in the last decade, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “As the oceans ...

The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) announced that bleaching-level heat stress has impacted more than 80% of the world's coral reefs in the fourth global coral bleaching event.

MIAMI — A year after the worst bleaching event ever recorded, the coral reefs off the Florida coast are slowly recovering. Despite elevated ocean temperatures, scientists say this summer they ...

The impacted reefs span at least 83 countries and territories. The world's coral reefs are in the midst of the fourth and largest global bleaching event in recorded history, the National Oceanic ...