Global coral bleaching event is now the world's largest on record

The ongoing fourth global coral bleaching event is officially the largest on record and still growing, according to NOAA. Why it matters: Coral reefs act as nurseries for vital global fisheries ... Read More

NOAA says fourth global coral bleaching event underway - Yahoo

The world's oceans are now undergoing the fourth global coral bleaching event on record and the second in the last 10 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday. Read More

What causes coral bleaching? Here’s how it threatens ocean and human life

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land itself. Read More

Largest coral bleaching event on record impacts 84% of world's reefs: NOAA

The world's coral reefs are in the midst of the fourth and largest global bleaching event in recorded history, NOAA announced this week. Read More

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

Extreme ocean heat is causing a mass bleaching event in coral reefs across the globe, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA on Monday declared that a “4th global ... Read More

Coral reefs suffer fourth global bleaching event, NOAA says

Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world's colorful coral reefs have turned a ghostly white in what scientists said on Monday amounted to the fourth global bleaching ... Read More

Exclusive-Global Coral Bleaching Event Expands, Now the Largest on Record

The NOAA coral reef authority declared the global bleaching event in April 2024, making it the fourth of its kind since 1998. The previous record from the 2014 to 2017 mass bleaching affected just ... Read More

84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record

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 ... Read More

84% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown following the most intense event of its kind in recorded history. Read More