News about coral bleaching

Seawater microbes are a reef’s 1st responders. Shifts in microbial communities correlate directly to environmental changes. During the #GreatBarrierReef #bleaching event, we sampled microbial communities to ID which may be used for predictive monitoring➡️ bit.ly/4c6jRqz pic.twitter.com/n6v3rKmABT

Many of the world's #coralreefs are already deathscapes, and 2024 marks yet another year of global coral bleaching. insideclimatenews.org/news/15042024/noaa-declares-global-coral-bleaching-event/ pic.twitter.com/x9cUOrXeFC

This is how you downplay recurring mass mortality of corals on the Great Barrier Reef due to anthropogenic heating. Blame it on “summer”, and don’t mention how much coral has died. pic.twitter.com/BbS93Wjuu0

The Great Barrier Reef is seeing unprecedented coral bleaching. “Up to half may die” according to the Australian Institute of Marine Science. (Photo from Lizard Island in March). www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/05/15/the-great-barrier-reef-is-seeing-unprecedented-coral-bleaching