A coral bleaching event in 2005 that killed or stressed many Caribbean reefs was the worst on record, said experts who also warned that bleaching this last summer is likely to have proven even worse in some areas. “As this paper went to press in 2010, major bleaching was again striking reefs in the Caribbean, [...]
Signal: Coral reef die-off
95 percent of corals killed in the Philippines
It is one of the most worrisome observations: fast massive death of coral reefs. A severe wide-scale bleaching occurred in the Philippines leaving 95 percent of the corals dead. The bleaching happened as the result of the 2009-2010 El Niño, with the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia waters experiencing significant thermal increase especially since the [...]
Asian coral die-off could be worst ever
A massive coral bleaching event in Southeast Asian reefs in the Indian and Pacific oceans is the worst coral die-off since 1998, and possibly the worst science has ever observed, says Andrew Baird of the ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University. Bleaching occurs when environmental factors stress the living [...]
Global coral die-off in 2010 may be worst ever
Scientists studying Caribbean reefs say that 2010 may be the worst year ever for coral death there. Abnormally warm water since June appears to have dealt a blow to shallow and deep-sea corals that is likely to top the devastation of 2005, when 80% of corals were bleached and as many as 40% died in [...]
Florida’s Dying Coral Reefs
First person report on damage from global warming to Florida’s coral reefs
