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 ...

Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed “rainforests of the sea” because they support high levels of biodiversity — approximately 25% of all marine species can be found in, on and around coral reefs.

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 ...

“If we want coral reefs to survive, we must drastically reduce our emissions and keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius [2.7°F].” Banner image : Coral bleaching in Ningaloo, Australia ...

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 ...

An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84 percent of the world's reefs in an unfolding human-caused crisis that could kill off swathes of the essential ecosystems, scientists ...

On Wednesday (April 23), the International Coral Initiative announced that the world is experiencing the most severe coral bleaching event ever recorded, now affecting 84% of the ocean's reefs.

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Global Coral Bleaching Crisis Spreads After Hottest Year, Scientists Say By Gloria Dickie and Alison Withers (Reuters) -More than four-fifths of the world's coral reef areas have been affected by ...