coral bleaching

With the current rate of increase, further coral bleaching is considered highly likely.

But a new study shows that coral bleaching may not necessarily be so bad.

Coral bleaching is the most serious of these diseases.

Beach erosion and coral bleaching are likely to reduce tourism.

However, a few scientists hold that coral bleaching may in some cases be less of a problem than the mainstream believes.

Coral bleaching is already occurring on reefs around the globe.

Coral bleaching is the loss of colour from corals.

Coral bleaching occurs when heat and light kill the plants that live inside corals.

Coral bleaching is a condition that can seriously damage or kill entire reef systems.

The report found that coral bleaching caused largely by rising sea temperatures is a major factor.

Coral bleaching was intense in early 1998, but only on inshore reefs.

Coral bleaching is the loss of colour from the living coral animal and can cause their death.

In warmer oceans, coral bleaching triggered by temperature stress will be more common.

The actual mechanism of coral bleaching is poorly understood.

Coral bleaching is caused by higher water temperatures.

Sarah Stanwix finds there's more to coral bleaching than meets the eye.

Sediment from deforestation has a bigger impact on coral bleaching than climate change does, a new study says.

Coral bleaching is a stress condition in reef corals.

The favored explanation for the coral bleaching has been the unusually long period of high seawater temperature last year.

It is less susceptible to coral bleaching than some related species because it occurs in deeper water.

Coral bleaching caused by rising water temperatures accounted for another 10 percent of coral loss.

• Coral bleaching (due to sea water temperature rise)

Coral bleaching has never been more common or widespread, prompting the question: are rising sea temperatures killing the reefs?

The high visibility of coral bleaching makes this relatively easy to see and study, but ocean acidification is difficult to detect by sight alone.

Coral bleaching is still a major cause for concern, particularly given the rising temperatures and other environmental changes that are foreseen for the coming decades.