Peter Riley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/@GrrlScientist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GrrlScientist</span></a></span> </p><p>(East) Great Barrier Reef & (West) Ningaloo Bleaching in unison - March 2025 <br><a href="https://theconversation.com/synchronised-bleaching-ningaloo-and-the-great-barrier-reef-are-bleaching-in-unison-for-the-first-time-252906" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/synchronis</span><span class="invisible">ed-bleaching-ningaloo-and-the-great-barrier-reef-are-bleaching-in-unison-for-the-first-time-252906</span></a></p><p>June 7 2025 update on Ningaloo bleaching<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/07/wa-coral-unprecedented-bleaching-event-ningaloo-reef" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jun/07/wa-coral-unprecedented-bleaching-event-ningaloo-reef</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalBoiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalBoiling</span></a></p>
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Peter Riley<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/07/wa-coral-unprecedented-bleaching-event-ningaloo-reef" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jun/07/wa-coral-unprecedented-bleaching-event-ningaloo-reef</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coralbleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coralbleaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ningaloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ningaloo</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦<p>What Is Coral Bleaching, And Why Is It On The Rise?</p><p>"Coral bleaching results when corals expel their colourful endosymbionts, the photosynthetic zooxanthellae, leaving the still living, but white, coral skeleton behind."</p><p>by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/@GrrlScientist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GrrlScientist</span></a></span> via <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Substack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Substack</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-165001090" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/home/post/p-16500</span><span class="invisible">1090</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:<p>What Is Coral Bleaching, And Why Is It On The Rise?</p><p>"Coral bleaching results when corals expel their colourful endosymbionts, the photosynthetic zooxanthellae, leaving the still living, but white, coral skeleton behind."</p><p>by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@GrrlScientist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GrrlScientist</span></a></span> via <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Substack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Substack</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-165001090" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/home/post/p-16500</span><span class="invisible">1090</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦<p>What Is Coral Bleaching, And Why Is It On The Rise?</p><p>"Coral bleaching results when corals expel their colourful endosymbionts, the photosynthetic zooxanthellae, leaving the still living, but white, coral skeleton behind."</p><p>by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@grrlscientist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>grrlscientist</span></a></span> via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Substack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Substack</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-165001090" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/home/post/p-16500</span><span class="invisible">1090</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Mass <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> has frequently coincided w/episodes of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElNi%C3%B1o" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElNiño</span></a>, a global <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> pattern that usually increases <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/temperatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>temperatures</span></a>. That was the case in 1998, 2016 & again last year, which was the warmest year on record.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oceans</span></a> have been steadily absorbing rising temperatures for years, but in 2023 & 2024, temps broke records w/spikes that alarmed scientists. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Seas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seas</span></a> are also becoming more acidic as they warm, which can dissolve corals’ skeletons & make it harder for them to grow.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Since the early 1980s, scientists say, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> events have increased in frequency & severity as the burning of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> drives up the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planet</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/temperature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>temperature</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a> documented the first global <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coral</span></a> bleaching event in 1998 & the second in 2010. During the previous global event, between 2014 and 2017, 68% of the world’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoralReefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralReefs</span></a> experienced bleaching-level <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heat</span></a> stress.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservancy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“The ongoing global <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> event is the biggest to date,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a> scientists said.
<br>Bleaching occurs when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heat</span></a> upends the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coral</span></a>’s metabolism, causing it to turn white as it expels the symbiotic algae that provide it with nutrients & color. Bleaching doesn’t mean the coral has died, but prolonged bleaching — which scientists say is made more frequent & severe by rising <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sea</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/temperatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>temperatures</span></a> — can kill it.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservancy</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p><a href="https://theconversation.com/synchronised-bleaching-ningaloo-and-the-great-barrier-reef-are-bleaching-in-unison-for-the-first-time-252906" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/synchronis</span><span class="invisible">ed-bleaching-ningaloo-and-the-great-barrier-reef-are-bleaching-in-unison-for-the-first-time-252906</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oceanwarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceanwarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coralbleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coralbleaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BarrierReef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarrierReef</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ningaloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ningaloo</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>Ningaloo and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatBarrierReef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBarrierReef</span></a> hit by ‘profoundly distressing’ simultaneous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> events</p><p>Scientists say widespread damage to both world heritage-listed reefs is ‘heartbreaking’ as WA reef accumulates highest amount of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heat</span></a> stress on record</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/23/ningaloo-and-great-barrier-reef-hit-by-profoundly-distressing-simultaneous-coral-bleaching-events" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/mar/23/ningaloo-and-great-barrier-reef-hit-by-profoundly-distressing-simultaneous-coral-bleaching-events</span></a></p>
Wolfgang Cramer<p>Coral bleaching risk in the Pacific looking rather bad these days <a href="https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/5km/index_5km_baa-max-7d.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/produc</span><span class="invisible">t/5km/index_5km_baa-max-7d.php</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/coralbleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coralbleaching</span></a></p>
Bob Payne<p>‘Catastrophic’: Great Barrier Reef hit by its most widespread coral bleaching, study finds <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/22/catastrophic-great-barrier-reef-hit-by-its-most-widespread-" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jan/22/catastrophic-great-barrier-reef-hit-by-its-most-widespread-</span></a> coral-bleaching-study-finds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GBR</span></a></p>
Science Feedback<p>1/ <br>Coral reefs are one of the most sensitive ecosystems on Earth and greatly benefit humans and thousands of oceanic species. Widespread bleaching since the 1980s is driven by anthropogenic ocean warming. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corals</span></a> That Survive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> Will Be Unrecognizable </p><p>They have endured so much, and to endure this, they’ll have to adapt dramatically.</p><p>By Marina Koren<br>August 28, 2024</p><p>"Earth belonged to the corals first. And over hundreds of millions of years, they proved themselves remarkably good at adapting to each new version of the planet. As other groups of organisms dropped out of existence, corals endured so many catastrophes that their history reads like a biblical tale of resilience. Through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> mass and minor, through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/volcanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volcanic</span></a> eruptions <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/and" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>and</span></a> asteroid strikes, the corals survived. </p><p>"And for tiny marine animals, they managed to exert tremendous force on the planet’s landscape. Corals have raised whole islands into existence. They are the natural guardians of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coastlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coastlines</span></a>; they sustain an estimated quarter of known <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a>. If the reefs ringing the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maldives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maldives</span></a> die, an entire nation could erode into the sea. Humans live in these places because corals exist. </p><p>"The Earth that humans evolved on, in other words, is a coral planet. Today, the animals provide <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> that support the livelihoods of about 1 billion people. They are so fundamental to life as we know it that scientists wonder if one way humanity could discover alien life is by detecting the signature of fluorescent corals in the shallow waters of another planet. Corals are also, famously, being devastated by climate change. Even in a future where they survive in some form, their transformation could make our own experience of this planet profoundly different. </p><p>"The earliest corals emerged about 500 million years ago, roughly alongside plant life on land. But the modern version of coral reefs appeared a short 4 million years ago, around the time our human ancestors began to walk upright (give or take a few million years). When researchers try to rescue suffering corals, carefully cutting pieces away and transporting them to aquariums, they’re visiting underwater metropolises that are thousands of years old. Despite all that corals have been through, given how fast conditions on Earth are changing, life has likely never been quite as stressful for them as it is now, according to the coral experts Bertrand Martin-Garin and Lucien Montaggioni in their book, Corals and Reefs. </p><p>"Earlier this month, scientists reported that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreatBarrierReef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBarrierReef</span></a> is sitting in water that, in one decade, has become hotter than at any other point in the past 400 years. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caribbean</span></a> coral colonies are still reeling from the havoc of last year’s historic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarineHeatWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineHeatWave</span></a>. Around the world, extraordinarily hot ocean temperatures have plunged corals into one of the worst <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> events in recorded history—they’re expelling the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> that live in their tissues and turning a ghostly white. Corals can survive bleaching, if conditions improve. But the longer they remain without that algae, the more likely they are to die. </p><p>"'These are strange days on planet Earth,' Derek Manzello, a coral-reef ecologist and the coordinator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Watch, once told me. The planet used to give corals hundreds of thousands of years to adjust to a new reality; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanActivities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanActivities</span></a>—the burning of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> but also <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/overfishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overfishing</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> that have brought on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a>—have introduced a rate of change more dramatic than anything else in the geological record. “If we wanted to kill all reef-building corals on the planet, it would be hard to imagine a collection of activities quite as pointed and effective as what we’ve arrived at,' Stuart Sandin, a marine biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, told me."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/08/earth-corals-climate-change/679636/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/science/archiv</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/08/earth-corals-climate-change/679636/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p>Archived copy:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/GF6tp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/GF6tp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oceans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalBoiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalBoiling</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p>Outlook Report 2024: “the greatest threat to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BarrierReef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarrierReef</span></a> is still <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a>. <br>The other main threats are associated with coastal development, land-based run-off, and direct human use (such as illegal fishing).”</p><p><a href="https://www2.gbrmpa.gov.au/our-work/outlook-report-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www2.gbrmpa.gov.au/our-work/ou</span><span class="invisible">tlook-report-2024</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarineEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineEcology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalBoiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalBoiling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p>Last chance to save the Barrier Reef ?<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/humanity-is-failing-official-report-warns-our-chance-to-save-the-great-barrier-reef-is-fast-closing-237441" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/humanity-i</span><span class="invisible">s-failing-official-report-warns-our-chance-to-save-the-great-barrier-reef-is-fast-closing-237441</span></a></p><p>97% of coral dead at a Lizard Island reef mass bleaching<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/new-drone-imagery-reveals-97-of-coral-dead-at-a-lizard-island-reef-after-last-summers-mass-bleaching-233325" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/new-drone-</span><span class="invisible">imagery-reveals-97-of-coral-dead-at-a-lizard-island-reef-after-last-summers-mass-bleaching-233325</span></a></p><p>Photo 1: In some cases, dying coral gives off a final, neon burst of colour in a bid to survive. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg</p><p>Photo 2: Bleaching occurs when corals become so heat-stressed they eject the tiny organisms living inside their tissues. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatBarrierReef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBarrierReef</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarineEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineEcology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalBoiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalBoiling</span></a></p>
Ruth Mottram<p>A readable summary of the latest findings on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> in the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreatBarrierReef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBarrierReef</span></a> is also in the latest issue of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@Nature" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nature</span></a></span> </p><p>Worth a read through - if you can bear it. </p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02329-1?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20240808&sap-outbound-id=B88306D76D18FBB17887652E05D02D0FF0487041" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-024</span><span class="invisible">-02329-1?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20240808&sap-outbound-id=B88306D76D18FBB17887652E05D02D0FF0487041</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a> and US seal $35 mln <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CoralReef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralReef</span></a> debt swap <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/indonesia-us-seal-35-mln-coral-reef-debt-swap-2024-07-08/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/sustainability/lan</span><span class="invisible">d-use-biodiversity/indonesia-us-seal-35-mln-coral-reef-debt-swap-2024-07-08/</span></a></p><p>"The US has agreed to forgive $35 million of Indonesian debt in return for the country restoring, preserving <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CoralReefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralReefs</span></a> in the world's most biodiverse patch of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a>... it is expected to fund at least 15 years of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> work in two key areas of what is known as the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CoralTriangle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralTriangle</span></a>... a habitat for over three quarters of all <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/coral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coral</span></a> species"</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NatureRestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureRestoration</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p>97% of coral dead at a Lizard Island reef after last summer’s mass bleaching</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/new-drone-imagery-reveals-97-of-coral-dead-at-a-lizard-island-reef-after-last-summers-mass-bleaching-233325" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/new-drone-</span><span class="invisible">imagery-reveals-97-of-coral-dead-at-a-lizard-island-reef-after-last-summers-mass-bleaching-233325</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/devastating-coral-bleaching-will-be-more-common-start-earlier-and-last-longer-unless-we-cut-emissions-232473" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/devastatin</span><span class="invisible">g-coral-bleaching-will-be-more-common-start-earlier-and-last-longer-unless-we-cut-emissions-232473</span></a></p><p>The left image, from March, shows coral at North Point Reef bleached and 'fluorescing'. (George Roff)<br>The right image, taken three months later, shows the same patch of coral, now mostly dead. (Joan Li )</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatBarrierReef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBarrierReef</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The Professional Association of Diving Instructors, one of the world's leading dive training organizations, says conservation certifications jumped over 6% globally from 2021 to 2023 as coral bleaching is seen worldwide. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/06/27/divers-coral-conservation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/environment/2</span><span class="invisible">024/06/27/divers-coral-conservation/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coral</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thailand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coralbleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coralbleaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/globalwarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalwarming</span></a></p>
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