Sentences with phrase «coral bleaching episodes»

I would be suprised if the increased flow of cold water from the melting polar icecaps could decrease the total heat content of the oceans, given the amount of additional heat that must be in the oceans that is causing the coral bleaching episodes throughout the tropics.

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Researchers examining the impact of climate change on coral reefs have found a way to predict which reefs are likely to recover following bleaching episodes and which won't.

Worldwide, most reefs were «substantially degraded before 1900,» they report, long before recent episodes of coral bleaching caused by climate change or other factors began.

Bleaching episodes can be fatal, especially if corals can't recover between events.

A new study has found that Great Barrier Reef (GBR) corals were able to survive past bleaching events because they were exposed to a pattern of gradually warming waters in the lead up to each episode.

For each reef, the researchers recorded «severe bleaching» events — where more than 30 % of corals were bleached at the scale of tens to hundreds of kilometres — and «moderate bleaching» episodes — where less than 30 % of corals were affected over the same scale.

Other recent research has shown that corals can bounce back from bleaching episodes, in which the algae partners of the reef - building organisms die from overheating.

More recently: EXTENSIVE BLEACHING OF THE CORAL PORITES LOBATA AT MALPELO ISLAND, COLOMBIA, DURING A COLD WATER EPISODE IN 2009

Likewise species inhabiting our warmest waters have undergone the fewest episodes of severe coral bleaching.