[ad_1] Ninety-five percent of the corals were bleached in November 2015, but still alive when the WHOI team visited Jarvis during the peak of the 2015-16 El Nino. Credit: Thomas M. DeCarlo, …
Read More »Coral bleaching events cause behavioral changes in key reef fish species
[ad_1] New research suggests that higher ocean temperatures and coral bleaching are also triggering rapid behavioral shifts in reef fish. Over the course of two years, an international team of researchers spent …
Read More »Study tracks severe bleaching events on a Pacific coral reef over the past century
[ad_1] Ninety-five percent of the corals were bleached in November 2015, but still alive when the WHOI team visited Jarvis during the peak of the 2015-16 El Nino. Credit: Thomas M. DeCarlo, …
Read More »The Great Barrier Reef loses its ability to bounce back after disturbances such as bleaching
[ad_1] According to a study published in the journal Science Advances this month, the Great Barrier Reef is losing its ability to bounce back from disturbances such as coral bleaching, thorn crowns …
Read More »The bleaching of mass corals forces the revision of the reef protection plan
[ad_1] Calendar: Why was this report purchased? 2015 – The Australian and Queensland governments published the Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan 2016 – There were major problems with Barrier Reef coral bleaching …
Read More »The bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef could accelerate by 2034
[ad_1] Sydney: The Great Australian Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef system in the world, could experience a bleaching event every two years by 2034 under the current level of greenhouse gas …
Read More »Bleaching could occur every two years
[ad_1] The Great Barrier Reef could be hit by catastrophic bleaching every two years unless more is done to limit climate change. A new Climate Council report reveals that coral bleaching occurs …
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