A whopping 84% of coral reefs are affected by the latest global bleaching event, which is the worst on record.

Unlike chemical bleaching, coral reefs are bleached "when environmental ... People "need them to stop having it on paper and on the news, we need it to be real." ...

The findings come at a critical time, as a global coral bleaching event -- officially declared in 2024 -- has already impacted 84 percent of the world's reefs. The 2023 marine heatwave wiped out ...

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

But in recent years, coral reefs have been experiencing bleaching. In fact, they are currently suffering the worst bleaching event on record. This video, shared by NPR, shows a glimpse of the damage.

A study published in the journal Coral Reefs reveals that heat-tolerant symbiotic algae may be essential to saving elkhorn ...

Guam’s coral reefs are predicted to experience severe, widespread coral bleaching and death for the first time in seven years, the Guam Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday. Coral bleaching ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84 percent of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative ...

An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84 percent of the world’s reefs in an unfolding human-caused crisis that could kill off swathes of the essential ecosystems, scientists warned ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 84% of coral reefs are now under heat stress that can cause bleaching. When the ocean warms, the algae that give corals their ...