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Diver pieces back together smashed marine ecosystem
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Diver pieces back together smashed marine ecosystem

China Daily  

Corals are cultivated in a lab in Hainan. CHINA DAILY The construction of the marine ranch in Wuzhizhou has effectively supplemented fish as an essential element required to uphold the delicate balance of the region's ecosystems, consequently improving the health of coral reefs, he said. Despite the positive progress in Wuzhizhou, Zhang Yuyang, an associate professor with the South China …

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Two cooler sections of the Great Barrier Reef could survive high global temperatures: study
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Two cooler sections of the Great Barrier Reef could survive high global temperatures: study

ABC  

Amid growing concerns the Great Barrier Reef is reaching an environmental tipping point beyond repair, there is hope two sections of the natural wonder could persist even on a warming planet. Northern and southern sections of the Great Barrier Reef are predicted to stay 1 degree Celsius cooler than surrounding reefs in a high emission scenario in 2050. "Our understanding …

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Does colouring your hair lead to greying?
1 month ago

Does colouring your hair lead to greying?

India Today  

“New hair, new me” – they say it for a reason! A common perception, especially among Indian households, suggests that altering one’s natural hair colour with dyes or chemical products inevitably leads to greying. This is a natural biological process and is not triggered by hair colouring,” says Dr Geetika Srivastava, dermatologist, and founder of Influennz Skin and Hair Clinic, …

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Parts of Great Barrier Reef suffer highest coral mortality on record
1 month ago

Parts of Great Barrier Reef suffer highest coral mortality on record

Raw Story  

Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian research showed Tuesday, with scientists fearing the rest of it has suffered a similar fate. In one northern section of the reef, about a third of hard coral had died, the "largest annual decline" in 39 years of government monitoring, the agency said. Often dubbed …

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Great Barrier Reef hit by more bleaching
1 month ago

Great Barrier Reef hit by more bleaching

ABC  

Rachel Mealey: Last summer's extreme heat coupled with two cyclones in far north Queensland led to a mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef. Michael Slezak: Yeah, so look, a complete picture of the reef and which parts are worst hit is not quite available from the survey, but from the reefs that they have looked at, it's …

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Parts of Great Barrier Reef record highest coral deaths due to heat, storms
1 month ago

Parts of Great Barrier Reef record highest coral deaths due to heat, storms

Al Jazeera  

Up to 72 percent of coral found dead on 12 of 19 surveyed reefs in the north of the world’s largest living structure. Recent mass bleaching, two cyclones and flooding have left parts of the Great Barrier Reef with “significant coral mortality”, according to new data from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. In one northern section of the reef, …

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Fourth mass coral bleaching prompts UN emergency session at Colombia biodiversity summit
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Fourth mass coral bleaching prompts UN emergency session at Colombia biodiversity summit

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Coral reefs are vital ecosystems …

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Global coral bleaching event biggest on record: U.S. agency
2 months ago

Global coral bleaching event biggest on record: U.S. agency

Raw Story  

A global coral bleaching event that began last year has quickly grown to the largest on record, according to a U.S. agency, with the impacted reef area continuing to grow. From the beginning of 2023 through October 10, 2024, "roughly 77 percent of the world's reef area has experienced bleaching-level heat stress," Derek Manzello of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …

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How coral bleaching threatens the fragile ecology of the Lakshadweep Islands
3 months, 2 weeks ago

How coral bleaching threatens the fragile ecology of the Lakshadweep Islands

Hindustan Times  

A team of marine scientists from the Kochi-based Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies have conducted a two-month expedition and found alarming evidence of widespread coral reef bleaching off the Lakshadweep group of islands. Despite the ongoing marine heat waves, coral bleaching was only observed in May this year, prompting experts from KUFOS to conduct a detailed field study. …

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Earth’s ‘greatest natural wonder’ faces existential threat from hottest ocean temperatures in 400 years
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth’s ‘greatest natural wonder’ faces existential threat from hottest ocean temperatures in 400 years

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Great Barrier Reef, the largest living ecosystem on Earth, is facing an existential threat, …

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Great Barrier Reef waters were hottest in 400 years over the past decade, study finds
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Great Barrier Reef waters were hottest in 400 years over the past decade, study finds

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef hit their highest level in 400 years over the past decade, according to researchers who warned that the reef likely won’t survive if planetary warming isn’t stopped. During that time, between 2016 and 2024, the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem and one of the most biodiverse, suffered …

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Great Barrier Reef endangered by hottest oceans in 400 years, study finds
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Great Barrier Reef endangered by hottest oceans in 400 years, study finds

Al Jazeera  

Researchers say the world is losing ‘one of our icons’ as human activity fuels temperature increases. Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef have hit their highest level in 400 years over the past decade, researchers say, warning that the largest living ecosystem on Earth likely will not survive if planetary warming is not stopped. Ocean temperatures around the reef …

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Death knell for corals
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Death knell for corals

The Hindu  

Krithiga S.S., a young marine researcher, was on a scientific voyage on a fishing vessel in the Lakshadweep waters on a sunny April afternoon to assess the health of the corals of the island group located between 200 and 440 km off her hometown Kochi in Kerala. It was eight years ago, in 2016, that an en masse bleaching and …

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New drone footage shows 97% of coral is dead in northern Great Barrier Reef
5 months, 3 weeks ago

New drone footage shows 97% of coral is dead in northern Great Barrier Reef

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least 97 per cent of corals on a reef in the northern section of …

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Global coral bleaching crisis: Indian Ocean reefs severely affected by record heat, says NOAA
6 months ago

Global coral bleaching crisis: Indian Ocean reefs severely affected by record heat, says NOAA

Hindustan Times  

Last month, the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the world’s coral reefs are experiencing a global mass bleaching event due to the combined effects of climate change and an El Niño climate pattern, which have pushed ocean temperatures to record highs. NOAA Coral Reef Watch has predicted all large-scale bleaching events since the late 1990s by …

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Over 60% of world's coral reefs likely bleached in just the past year
7 months, 1 week ago

Over 60% of world's coral reefs likely bleached in just the past year

India Today  

In a dire warning about the escalating threat to the world's coral reefs, the US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has revealed that nearly two-thirds of these vital marine ecosystems have experienced heat stress severe enough to trigger bleaching over the past year. "I am very worried about the state of the world's coral reefs," said Derek Manzello, coordinator of …

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Ocean currents are shifting. Study finds corals could become a thing of the past
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ocean currents are shifting. Study finds corals could become a thing of the past

India Today  

The world is warming up and the oceans are no different. A new study published in the journal Oxford Open Climate Change indicates that the extensive bleaching and deaths of coral point to a more staggering change - the pattern of ocean currents is shifting. Warm ocean currents carry heat from the tropics towards the poles, helping to moderate climate …

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Lakshadweep in ecological crisis: Researchers find widespread bleaching of coral reefs due to marine heatwaves
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lakshadweep in ecological crisis: Researchers find widespread bleaching of coral reefs due to marine heatwaves

India TV News  

Kochi: In a disturbing development, researchers have found that marine heatwaves are causing widespread bleaching of coral reefs in the Lakshadweep Sea, causing them to lose their colours due to stress, according to a study by the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this level of Degree Heating Week poses a substantial risk …

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Widespread coral bleaching recorded in Lakshadweep Sea: CMFRI report
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Widespread coral bleaching recorded in Lakshadweep Sea: CMFRI report

Hindustan Times  

Owing to heatwaves this year, widespread bleaching event is being recorded in the Lakshadweep Sea, the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute said in a statement on Monday. “Marine heatwaves are rare extreme weather events that involve prolonged periods of abnormally high ocean temperatures. “The primary cause of these marine heatwaves are excessive heat atmospheric transfer coupled with shifts in ocean …

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All is not well in Lakshadweep. Why the island could be in big trouble
7 months, 2 weeks ago

All is not well in Lakshadweep. Why the island could be in big trouble

India Today  

Lakshadweep renowned for its pristine atolls, breathtaking reefs, and idyllic inhabited islands is currently grappling with an unprecedented crisis as widespread coral bleaching has been recorded due to marine heatwaves. Marine heatwaves are extreme weather events that involve prolonged periods of abnormally high ocean temperatures, often exceeding the 90th percentile of typical regional ocean temperatures based on historical data. The …

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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers worst bleaching on record
8 months, 1 week ago

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers worst bleaching on record

Al Jazeera  

The 2,300km reef is in its fifth mass bleaching event since 2016 with aerial surveys showing the scale of damage. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, which stretches for some 2,300km off the country’s northeastern coast, is suffering its worst bleaching event on record. “This prolonged heat exposure has caused mass bleaching of coral reef communities observed within all three regions of …

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Global coral bleaching event called by US climate agency for the fourth time in history after year of extreme ocean heat
8 months, 1 week ago

Global coral bleaching event called by US climate agency for the fourth time in history after year of extreme ocean heat

ABC  

The Ribbon Reef, on the northern side of the Great Barrier Reef, before coral bleaching occurred. Short window, massive change From above, aerial surveys of the Great Barrier Reef revealed a "mass coral bleaching event" was unfolding across the world-heritage site. This photo of Ribbon Reef, on the northern side of the Great Barrier Reef, was taken before coral bleaching …

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Scientists say coral reefs around the world are experiencing mass bleaching in warming oceans
8 months, 1 week ago

Scientists say coral reefs around the world are experiencing mass bleaching in warming oceans

Associated Press  

Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared Monday, a result of warming ocean waters amid human-caused climate change. Coral reef bleaching across at least 53 countries, territories or local economies has been confirmed from February 2023 to now, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and International Coral Reef …

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Coral reefs undergoing fourth global bleaching event, say US scientists
8 months, 1 week ago

Coral reefs undergoing fourth global bleaching event, say US scientists

India Today  

Many of the world's colourful coral reefs along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico have turned white in what scientists said is the fourth global bleaching event in the last three decades. Since the last mass global bleaching event in 2016, ocean temperatures have risen so much that NOAA had to introduce three new heat alert levels. Ongoing episodes …

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