Some corals may naturally adapt to climate change, but their ability to survive could be outpaced by global warming unless cuts are made to greenhouse gas emissions, researchers said Wednesday.
Coral reefs carry an annual global economic value of $375 billion per year because they provide shelter for fish and marine life, protect shorelines and draw tourism to coastal areas.Read more
More than one-third of corals on the northern and central Great Barrier Reef have suffered bleaching due to global warming and acidification of the ocean, scientists said Monday.
The impact is still unfolding, researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies said following months of aerial and underwater surveys.
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At least 35 percent of corals in parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef are dead or dying from mass bleaching caused by global warming, scientists said Monday.
The assessment was made following months of aerial and underwater surveys after the worst bleaching in recorded history first became evident in March as sea temperatures rise.
Global warming was wreaking havoc onRead more