This summer there has been no shortage of coral bleaching stories in the news. However, this video of coral bleaching in Bali Indonesia hits home as we visited the same reef at Menjangan Island December 2015. This video posted by…
Coral Bleaching
Mass die-off of corals and invertebrates at East Flower Garden Bank
100 miles offshore of Texas and Louisiana, the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, is considered one of the healthiest anywhere in the region. Last week NOAA scientist were stunned to find green hazy water and expansive patches of white mats…
Coral bleaching on the decline in the Western Indian Ocean
Earlier this month we started seeing pictures of bleaching corals along the Western Indian Ocean. We’ve heard about bleaching in the Australian Great Barrier Reef and the Pacific Islands, but the bleaching is far worse and extends across all the…
Coral bleaching is heartbreaking, but reefs CAN recover
With the massive coral bleaching event occurring right now in the Great Barrier Reef and other parts of the Pacific Ocean, it’s easy to get depressed and discouraged about the future of coral reefs. In the face of so many…
Reefer’s eye view of dying corals on the Great Barrier Reef
For the past two to three weeks, the bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef has been all over the news, and there’s hardly a day that goes by that new pictures and reports come in of how dire the situation…
Corals inside no-take zones are more resilient to natural disturbances
As marine biodiversity continues to decline it is important we maximize the effectiveness of conservation efforts. The Great Barrier Reef is facing multiple threats from natural and man-made natural disturbances but for the first time, researchers at the Australian Institute of…
Why Reef Building corals are being hit the hardest by coral bleaching
Coral reefs are under existential threat. This year alone large scale bleaching has been observed on 500 separate coral reefs along the Great Barrier Reef, and up to 50% of bleached corals from in water surveys have already died, in…
Coral reefs are bleaching on a massive scale this year
Climatologists have been telling us that the planet is getting hotter and that it will get hotter and with these forecasts in mind, 2016 was predicted to be a terrible year for coral bleaching. Unfortunately these predictions have come true and right now we…
What is a coral? This video is the best explanation yet
Anyone who’s been keeping keeping and growing corals in a home aquarium would have no problem telling you what is a coral. But if you tried to explain to your grandma what corals are, well that’s quite another matter altogether. Not…
Virus outbreaks may be linked to coral bleaching event
Significant outbreaks of viruses may be associated with coral reef bleaching events, especially as a result of multiple environmental stresses including rising ocean temperatures and ocean acidification. A recent study at Oregon State University has documented a virus outbreak, including a…