Photograph: © SAF – Coastal Care
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As climate change causes ocean temperatures to rise, coral reefs worldwide are experiencing mass bleaching events and die-offs. For many, this is their first encounter with extreme heat. However for some reefs in the central Pacific, heatwaves caused by El Nino are a way of life.
Exactly how these reefs deal with repeated episodes of extreme heat has been unclear. A new study from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has uncovered the history of bleaching on a reef in the epicenter of El Nino, revealing how some corals have been able to return after facing extreme conditions.
The study was published Nov. 8, 2018, in the journal Communications Biology…
Read Full Article; WHOI (11-08-2018)
Florida’s coral reefs provide window into the past; USGS (10-23-2018)
Video Captures the Violent Act of Coral Bleaching, LiveScience (08-17-2016)
Global warming is transforming the Great Barrier Reef; Science Daily (04-18-2018)
A new study shows that corals on the northern Great Barrier Reef experienced a catastrophic die-off following the extended marine heatwave of 2016…
