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 ...

The world is experiencing the most intense global coral bleaching event on record, with 84 percent of reefs experiencing heat ...

An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84 percent of the world's reefs in an unfolding human-caused crisis ...

Reefs are home to about a quarter of all marine life and rely on algae for food and color, but when water temperatures exceed ...

Their disappearance may reduce the ocean's ability to absorb CO₂, accelerating climate change. ...

Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed “rainforests of the sea" — approximately 25% of all marine species can be found in, on and ...

Around 84% of the global's coral reefs have been reportedly in danger due to most intense bleaching event in recorded history ...

Coral get their bright colors from the colorful algae that live inside them and are a food source for the corals. Prolonged warmth causes the algae to release toxic compounds, and the coral eject ...

A record-breaking coral bleaching event is now affecting 84% of the world’s reefs, according to the International Coral Reef ...

Coral reefs are vital lines of defence ... said even without their food-supplying symbiotic algae, corals starve to death very slowly. "It ... takes months usually," she said.