From Florida to Australia, Global Coral Bleaching Could Soon Be Worst on Record
Coral reefs are a reliable gauge of climate disruption because 90 percent of global warming is occurring in the oceans.
After a year of ocean heat waves and unprecedented temperatures off the coast of Florida that alarmed conservationists last summer, the world is currently experiencing a “global coral reef bleaching event,” the fourth ever recorded and the second in the past decade, according to climate scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Coral reef bleaching occurs as warming...