Global World News World S Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event Is Underway, Noaa Says

Record 84% of Earth’s Reefs Bleached in Most Widespread Marine Die-Off Ever Recorded

Since January 2023, the world’s coral reefs have faced an unprecedented crisis. More than 84% have suffered bleaching-level heat stress, marking the largest die-off ever recorded. This ongoing event, ... Read More

Sustainability Corner: Coral reefs and mass bleaching events

Over the last two months, via expansive reports and overhead surveys, AIMS has determined that 2025 marks another coral mass bleaching event; this time, possibly more harrowing than before, as reports ... Read More

Coral reef collapse drives world across first climate tipping point

Thanks to the dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs, the planet has now reached its first tipping point for human-caused climate change, according to a new report by scientists in Europe. The ... Read More

Coral reefs become first environmental system on Earth to pass climate "tipping point," report says

Coral reefs around the globe have for years suffered publicly in warming oceans, periodically making headlines when iconic underwater landscapes lose their colors and wither during repeated mass ... Read More

Global coral bleaching has now hit 84% of ocean's reefs in biggest-ever event

KXAN Anchors Will Dupree and Avery Travis speak with Caitlin Gorback, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business, about the Trump administration's proposal ... Read More

World's coral reefs crossing survival limit: Global experts

The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced on Monday. It is the first time ... Read More