Sentences with phrase «of widespread bleachings»

NOAA scientists believe high ocean temperatures have been the primary cause of the widespread bleaching seen in the Northern Hemisphere since last year.

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Not only is the reef threatened by widespread bleaching as a result of rising ocean temperatures, but the project also requires the major expansion of the Abbot Point port in Queensland.

The 1998 - 1999 bleaching event was driven by a strong El Niño weather pattern, but El Niño wasn't a major factor in the widespread Caribbean bleaching in 2005 or in the development of this year's bleaching event.

Changes in ocean salinity, nutrient runoff and other pollution can cause small - scale bleaching, but scientists say the widespread global bleaching this year is a symptom of unusual ocean warming.

Some critics point out that the process of converting bamboo to fabric can take a heavy environmental toll, with the most cost - effective and widespread method involving a harsh chemical - based hydrolysis - alkalization process followed by multi-phase bleaching.

Notes: Never spray silk with perfume or deodorant Never bleach silk Never expose silk to direct sunlight for longer periods of time Don't spray silk with water while ironing Don't treat individual stains with water Always iron the backside only Never wring dry In contrast to the widespread opinion that silk can only be dry cleaned, silk products can be washed by hand without being damaged.

Mr Gaskell said that despite concerns of widespread coral bleaching along The Great Barrier Reef, the Whitsunday region has coped relatively well throughout...

Updated, 6:14 p.m. Assessing widespread reports of reef stress along with unusually high sea - surface temperatures, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is warning of a globe - spanning bleaching of corals in coastal waters around the tropics.

It chronicles the widespread bleaching that's occurring on coral reefs around the world — an awful phenomenon where brilliantly colored, lively corals turn snowy white within a matter of weeks, due to a 2 - degree increase in water temperature.

There has already been widespread attribution of this record bleaching event to human - caused climate change.

LONDON, 11 October, 2015 — Record sea temperatures combined with a strong El Niño are causing widespread coral bleaching, which is threatening to kill over 12,000 square kilometres of reefs.

Comparison of satellite data with field surveys demonstrated a strong coherence between thermal stress (Figure 1A) and widespread bleaching (Figure 1B, 3A) and mortality (Figure 3B).

Of all stresses which could potentially cause widespread mass bleaching, only excessively high temperature was present in all cases.

Unprecedented warm ocean waters from 2014 through 2017 caused the most widespread and damaging coral bleaching event in history, killing millions of corals from the Great Barrier Reef to the Hawaiian Islands.

There already have been reports of mass coral death around the Pacific atoll of Kiribati this year — and widespread coral bleaching worldwide, a phenomenon that scientists attribute to a strong El Niño event surfing atop a general climate warming trend.

Climate threshold - The point at which external forcing of the climate system, such as the increasing atmospheric concentration of heat - trapping gases (greenhouse gas es), triggers a significant climatic or environmental event which is considered unalterable, or recoverable only on very long time - scales, such as widespread bleaching of corals or a collapse of oceanic circulation systems.

The IPCC reports predict that, if the temperature were to rise by 1 - 3C, there would be increased coral bleaching and widespread coral mortality unless corals could adapt or acclimatise, but while there is increasing evidence for climate change impacts on coral reefs the IPCC concluded that separating the impacts of climate change - related stresses from other stresses such as over-fishing and pollution was difficult.