Following global average temperature records set in 2014, 2015, January, February and March, coral reefs from Florida to India have been devastated by the third
mass global bleaching event recorded.
Not exact matches
In an even worse
mass -
bleaching event in 2001 — 2002, the
global damage also confirmed a close connection with El Niño weather cycles.
The quantity and types of coral and fish species were surveyed before, during and after the 2016
mass bleaching event caused by a
global heatwave.
Abstract: Thermal stress from the 2015 - 2016 El Niño triggered the worst
global bleaching and
mass coral mortality
event on record.
The
mass mortality
event at Christmas Island is believed to be one of the worst casualties of the ongoing
global bleaching event.