{"id":21807,"date":"2025-04-29T19:13:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/latest-coral-reef-bleaching-is-worst-on-record-turning-84-pale-white-surveys-show\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T19:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:13:56","slug":"latest-coral-reef-bleaching-is-worst-on-record-turning-84-pale-white-surveys-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/latest-coral-reef-bleaching-is-worst-on-record-turning-84-pale-white-surveys-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest coral reef bleaching is worst on record, turning 84% pale white, surveys show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Harmful bleaching of the world&#8217;s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean&#8217;s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the fourth global bleaching event since 1998 and has now surpassed bleaching from 2014-17 that hit some two-thirds of reefs, said the ICRI, a mix of more than 100 governments, non-governmental organizations and others. And it&#8217;s not clear when the current crisis, which began in 2023 and is blamed on <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">warming oceans<\/a><\/span>, will end. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We may never see the heat stress that causes bleaching dropping below the threshold that triggers a global event,&#8221; said Mark Eakin, executive secretary for the International Coral Reef Society and retired coral monitoring chief for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re looking at something that&#8217;s completely changing the face of our planet and the ability of our oceans to sustain lives and livelihoods,&#8221; Eakin said.<\/p>\n<p>Reefs in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans are affected.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/23\/fbc6231b-b063-4c7f-99e2-af186c41d035\/thumbnail\/620x413\/cb52097ac970d89cc3a1518ad7348b97\/2025-04-23t040037z-1598890472-rc28m7aoty7e-rtrmadp-3-climate-change-corals-bleaching.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc#\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Thailand's corals bleaching at fast pace amid rising global temperature \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/23\/fbc6231b-b063-4c7f-99e2-af186c41d035\/thumbnail\/620x413\/cb52097ac970d89cc3a1518ad7348b97\/2025-04-23t040037z-1598890472-rc28m7aoty7e-rtrmadp-3-climate-change-corals-bleaching.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/23\/fbc6231b-b063-4c7f-99e2-af186c41d035\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/ee2e066ad181f8dca3bb56d504c81c52\/2025-04-23t040037z-1598890472-rc28m7aoty7e-rtrmadp-3-climate-change-corals-bleaching.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Bleached corals are seen at a reef in Koh Mak, Trat province, Thailand, in May 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Napat Wesshasartar \/ REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The coral bleaching culprit? Climate change \u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Last year was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/earth-records-hottest-year-ever-climate\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Earth&#8217;s hottest year on record<\/a><\/span>, and much of that heat is going into oceans. The average annual sea surface temperature of oceans away from the poles was a record 69.57 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s deadly to corals, which are essential ecosystems \u2014 keys to seafood production and protecting coastlines from erosion and storms \u2014 and big tourist draws. Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed &#8220;rainforests of the sea&#8221; because they support high levels of biodiversity \u2014 approximately 25% of all marine species can be found in, on and around coral reefs.  <\/p>\n<p>Coral get their bright colors from the colorful algae that live inside them and are a food source for the corals. Prolonged warmth causes the algae to release toxic compounds and the coral eject them. A stark white skeleton is left behind and the weakened coral is at heightened risk of dying. <\/p>\n<p>The bleaching event has been so severe that <a href=\"https:\/\/coralreefwatch.noaa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NOAA&#8217;s Coral Reef Watch program<\/a> has had to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marine-heat-wave-coral-bleaching-alert\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">add levels to its bleaching alert scale<\/a><\/span> to account for the growing risk of coral death.<\/p>\n<h2>The answer? Curb climate change, experts say\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Efforts are underway to conserve and restore coral. One Dutch lab has worked with coral fragments, including some taken from off the coast of the Seychelles, to propagate them in a zoo so they might be used someday to repopulate wild coral reefs if needed. Other projects, including one off Florida, have worked to rescue corals endangered by high heat and nurse them back to health before returning them to the ocean. <\/p>\n<p>But scientists say it&#8217;s essential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that warm the planet, such as those of carbon dioxide and methane.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The best way to protect coral reefs is to address the root cause of climate change. And that means reducing the human emissions that are mostly from burning of fossil fuels &#8230; everything else is looking more like a Band-Aid rather than a solution,&#8221; Eakin said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think people really need to recognize what they&#8217;re doing &#8230; inaction is the kiss of death for coral reefs,&#8221; said Melanie McField, co-chair of the Caribbean Steering Committee for the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, a network of scientists that monitors reefs throughout the world.  <\/p>\n<p>The group&#8217;s update comes as President Trump has <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/senate-confirms-chris-wright-energy-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">moved aggressively in his second term to boost fossil fuels<\/a><\/span> and roll back clean energy programs, which he says is necessary for economic growth. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got a government right now that is working very hard to destroy all 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