Although these are future projections, scientists have seen 25 reefs experience severe bleaching events in the last three years, the most severe sequence of bleachings to date. (natureworldnews.com)
After suffering through the most severe bleaching event ever recorded last year, the Great Barrier Reef is once again being savaged by a marine heat wave. (climatecentral.org)
The median time between pairs of severe bleaching events has also decreased, the researchers found — it's now just under six years, versus 25 to 30 years in the early 1980s. (sciencenews.org)