coral reefs

Coral reef misinformation bubbles up amid bleaching worldwide

World
David Turner

A screenshot of a post on X taken on April 18, 2024 Bleaching occurs when water temperatures rise and coral expel microscopic ...

World’s coral reefs hit by a fourth mass bleaching event, NOAA says

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Extreme ocean heat is causing a mass bleaching event in coral reefs across the globe, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Coral reefs suffer fourth global bleaching event, NOAA says

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

By Gloria Dickie and Alison Withers (Reuters) – Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world’s colorful coral ...

Scientists say coral reefs around the world are experiencing mass bleaching in warming oceans

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared Monday, a result of warming ...

‘We are entering a new world’

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

For years, the United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has categorized coral reefs at five levels of concern — from ...

Thai scientists breed coral in labs to restore degraded reefs

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

By Napat Wesshasartar OFF MAN NAI ISLAND, Thailand (Reuters) – On a starry night, four Thai marine biologists scuba dived through shallow ...

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef hit by fifth mass bleaching event in eight years

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is experiencing yet another mass coral bleaching event due to heat, the country’s government confirmed Friday. The Great ...

Hot seawater killed most of cultivated coral in Florida Keys in setback for restoration effort

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Record hot seawater killed more than three-quarters of human-cultivated coral that scientists had placed in the Florida Keys in recent years in ...

3 new coral bleaching alert levels created in wake of extreme heat

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Temperatures in parts of the world got so hot last year that it caused certain areas of the ocean to experience hot ...