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More than 60% of world’s coral reefs may have bleached in past year, U.S. agency says
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The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced last month that the world’s coral reefs were in the throes of a fourth mass bleaching event, as climate change combined with an El Nino climate pattern has pushed ocean temperatures to record highs.
Now, the agency reports some 60.5% of the world’s reef area has been affected and that number is still rising.
Scientists have documented mass bleaching in at least 62 countries and territories, with India and Sri Lanka recently reporting impacts.
The last global event, which ran from 2014 to 2017, saw 56.1% of reef areas subjected to bleaching-level heat stress.
One assessment published in April 2024 found there had so far been between 50% and 93% coral mortality at Huatulco, Oaxaca, in the Mexican Pacific.
The situation is likely to worsen this summer, as heat stress is once again accumulating in the Southern Caribbean.
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