2016年4月19日 · Thanks to the warm waters of El Niño, coral reefs are in the midst of the third-ever-recorded global coral bleaching event. Corals are losing much more to El Niño than their color– in fact,...

2016年6月15日 · Long known for its rich in color, vibrant coral communities, much of the Great Barrier Reef has been reduced to a murky shade of brown after a mass bleaching event gripped the ocean's corals.

2024年6月12日 · Exclusive before and after photos reveal how recent bleaching near Australia’s Lord Howe Island has dramatically changed the region’s coral reefs.

2020年2月26日 · Overpopulation of these predatory starfish can ravage coral reefs. The coral, meanwhile, was experiencing bleaching events that made them weaker and more vulnerable to attack.

2017年3月17日 · Coral bleaching occurs when the water temperature heats up, with the living and breathing coral then expelling what’s called ‘zooxanthellae’ — an algae which essentially helps the coral feed itself. Once this algae is released by the coral, the core of the coral is exposed, which is what can be described as ‘the coral’s bright white skeleton.’.

2021年6月24日 · In the Great Barrier Reef, widespread bleaching occurred two consecutive years in a row, which experts say is unprecedented and deeply worrying. UNESCO said in 2015 that the reef's outlook was...

2016年5月4日 · But in October of 2015, NOAA announced that a global coral reef bleaching event had taken place, devastating Airport Reef (see below). Bleaching happens when coral becomes stressed, causing algae — coral’s main source of food …

2016年4月13日 · The turquoise-blue chromis damselfish form huge clouds or schools over coral heads, and use coral branches for shelter when predators come along. The picture immediately below was taken before bleaching, while the one after that shows the fish on a bleached colony.

2023年7月31日 · Bleaching isn’t dying, Ibarra said. “When corals bleach, they are starving,” he told me. They can stay bleached for several weeks before dying, wasting away without oxygen to maintain and...

2016年4月12日 · The picture immediately below was taken before bleaching, while the one after that shows the fish on a bleached colony. Before: chromis damselfish on a healthy reef. Justin...