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

Jul 7, 2025 Updated 15 mins ago 0 Bleached coral is visible Sept. 16, 2023, at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine ...

Creating a way for tourists and casual oceangoers to flag diseased coral is underway as white syndrome threatens reefs around ...

Coral reefs are a crucial part of the marine ecosystem, providing habitats for all sorts of marine life and protecting coastlines from storm damage. But scientists say rising ocean temperatures ...

Meanwhile, almost a quarter of corals were killed by heat last year in the middle of the Indian Ocean in the remote Chagos Islands. "Bleaching is always eerie -- as if a silent snowfall has ...

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, scientists say.

Since it began in early 2023, the global coral bleaching event has mushroomed into the biggest and most intense on record, with reefs across the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans affected.

Coral bleaching has been recorded in over 60 countries since early 2023, threatening reefs that are key to ocean biodiversity and support fishing and tourism industries globally (AFP via Getty Images) ...

Coral crisis Mass coral bleaching was first observed in the early 1980s and is one of the best known and most visible consequences of steadily rising ocean temperatures caused by global warming.

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 ...

MORE: 4th global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans continue to warm: NOAA Since early 2023, mass bleaching of coral reefs has been confirmed in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian ocean ...