(CNN) — Coral reefs around the world are experiencing a mass bleaching event as the climate crisis drives record-breaking ocean heat, two scientific bodies announced Monday — with some experts warning ...

A bleached Acropora palmata image from Jamaica taken in October 2023. Credit: Sabine Hossenfelder/Oxford Open Climate Change A new paper in Oxford Open Climate Change indicates that extensive ...

STORY: Once vibrant in color... much of the world's coral reefs have turned completely white. "This is the biggest coral bleaching event on record." In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Derek ...

FILE - Bleached coral is visible at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico, Sept. 16, 2023. Ocean temperatures that have gone ...

Coral reefs have long been losing their color due to bleaching, but a recent uptick has caused nearly all of the world's reefs to be damaged. A record-breaking amount of marine life fell victim to the ...

With another El Niño expected in 2026, only a short time after the last one, many reefs will not have had sufficient time to ...

Fish swim around a bleached coral. All around the world, from the Great Barrier Reef to the Florida Keys, the bright, vibrant colors of coral reefs have turned ghostly white in vast swaths as our ...

Ocean temperatures, especially in the Atlantic, have escalated to unprecedented levels, intensifying the current global coral bleaching event. Approximately 62.9% of the world's coral reefs are ...

A new paper in Oxford Open Climate Change, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that extensive bleaching and deaths are widespread at several major coral reefs around the world. This ...