Oxylebius
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In the news the last few weeks,
NOAA declares third ever global coral bleaching event
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/storie...-third-ever-global-coral-bleaching-event.html
As record ocean temperatures cause widespread coral bleaching across Hawaii, NOAA scientists confirm the same stressful conditions are expanding to the Caribbean and may last into the new year, prompting the declaration of the third global coral bleaching event ever on record.
This bleaching event, which began in the north Pacific in summer 2014 and expanded to the south Pacific and Indian oceans in 2015, is hitting U.S. coral reefs disproportionately hard. NOAA estimates that by the end of 2015, almost 95 percent of U.S. coral reefs will have been exposed to ocean conditions that can cause corals to bleach.
The biggest risk right now is to the Hawaiian Islands, where bleaching is intensifying and is expected to continue for at least another month. Areas at risk in the Caribbean in coming weeks include Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and from the U.S. Virgin Islands south into the Leeward and Windward islands.
The next concern is the further impact of the strong El Niño, which climate models indicates will cause bleaching in the Indian and southeastern Pacific Oceans after the new year. This may cause bleaching to spread globally again in 2016. Read more here: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/storie...-third-ever-global-coral-bleaching-event.html
Coral Reefs Around the World Threatened by Bleaching, NOAA Says
NBCNews.com-Oct 8, 2015
NOAA: Coral bleaching has gone global for the third time ever
In-Depth-Fox News-Oct 8, 2015
Dot Earth | Steps Reef Lovers Can Take as US Warns of Global ...
Blog-New York Times (blog)-Oct 8, 2015
Scientists say a dramatic worldwide coral bleaching event is now ...
In-Depth-Washington Post-Oct 7, 2015
It's not just divers and nature lovers that should be concerned by ...
Blog-The Guardian (blog)-Oct 8, 2015
NOAA declares third ever global coral bleaching event
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/storie...-third-ever-global-coral-bleaching-event.html
As record ocean temperatures cause widespread coral bleaching across Hawaii, NOAA scientists confirm the same stressful conditions are expanding to the Caribbean and may last into the new year, prompting the declaration of the third global coral bleaching event ever on record.
This bleaching event, which began in the north Pacific in summer 2014 and expanded to the south Pacific and Indian oceans in 2015, is hitting U.S. coral reefs disproportionately hard. NOAA estimates that by the end of 2015, almost 95 percent of U.S. coral reefs will have been exposed to ocean conditions that can cause corals to bleach.
The biggest risk right now is to the Hawaiian Islands, where bleaching is intensifying and is expected to continue for at least another month. Areas at risk in the Caribbean in coming weeks include Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and from the U.S. Virgin Islands south into the Leeward and Windward islands.
The next concern is the further impact of the strong El Niño, which climate models indicates will cause bleaching in the Indian and southeastern Pacific Oceans after the new year. This may cause bleaching to spread globally again in 2016. Read more here: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/storie...-third-ever-global-coral-bleaching-event.html
Coral Reefs Around the World Threatened by Bleaching, NOAA Says
NBCNews.com-Oct 8, 2015
NOAA: Coral bleaching has gone global for the third time ever
In-Depth-Fox News-Oct 8, 2015
Dot Earth | Steps Reef Lovers Can Take as US Warns of Global ...
Blog-New York Times (blog)-Oct 8, 2015
Scientists say a dramatic worldwide coral bleaching event is now ...
In-Depth-Washington Post-Oct 7, 2015
It's not just divers and nature lovers that should be concerned by ...
Blog-The Guardian (blog)-Oct 8, 2015