Dramatic worldwide coral bleaching event is now underway

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For just the third time on record, scientists say they are now watching the unfolding of a massive worldwide coral bleaching event, spanning the globe from Hawaii to the Indian Ocean. And they fear that thanks to warm sea temperatures, the ultimate result could be the loss of more than 12,000 square kilometers, or over 4,500 square miles, of coral this year — with particularly strong impacts in Hawaii and other U.S. tropical regions, and potentially continuing into 2016.

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/10/08/scientists-say-a-dramatic-worldwide-coral-bleaching-event-is-now-underway/?postshare=6181444277433953

[ThundersnowDays]

This topic makes me really upset because the rate were going coral wont exist in maybe 30 years from now.

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NOAA Coral Reef Watch is pleased to announce the release of its new Daily 5-km Satellite Coral Bleaching Thermal Stress Monitoring Product Suite. The 5-km products are accessible directly below, in the left navigation bar, and throughout this website. Access to our heritage suite of operational 50-km satellite monitoring products will still be possible for the next several months. We encourage all of our users to look over the new 5-km products and provide feedback to us at coralreefwatch@noaa.gov.

 

http://www.coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/index.php