Coral reefs form a vital part of the marine ecosystem, playing host to diverse species and supporting multiple industries, ...

But in recent years, coral reefs have been experiencing bleaching. In fact, they are currently suffering the worst bleaching event on record. This video, shared by NPR, shows a glimpse of the damage.

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

It's the fourth global bleaching event since 1998, and has now surpassed bleaching from 2014-17 that hit some two-thirds of reefs, said the ICRI, a mix of more than 100 governments, non ...

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 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 ...

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 ...