84% of World Corals are Bleaching!

[urbanknight]

84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record

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, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced Wednesday. It's the fourth global bleaching event since 1998, and has now surpassed bleaching from...

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[ichthyoid]

This is horrible to see happening around the world. I follow a couple that explore some of the most remote and minimally inhabited regions of the western Pacific. Thankfully there are pockets of pristine reef in minimally inhabited areas of that part of the world. The outer islands of the Bahamas have been holding their own, but I fear it’s a matter of time. Development has accelerated and wherever cruise ships go, reef disease seems to follow. Thanks for sharing Doug!

 

[civics14]

Meanwhile half of America is like

 

[hzheng33]

i saw the same article today and this is such a sad news.

 

[civics14]

i saw the same article today and this is such a sad news.

Yeah, sadly at the rate we’re going, I really wonder what’s going to be left in our kids lifetime.