coral bleaching, definition of

The loss of color from a coral as it expels its zooxanthellae-usually a stress response.

• Climate Change Weekly #495: New Research Further Demonstrates Problems with Surface Temperature Records and Models
  And does  Michael Mann really have a strong case for defamation? He himself frequently spreads false and malicious rumors about colleagues who challenged his science...
• Sorry, WaPo, There Is No Evidence Bleaching Threatens a Great Barrier Reef “Tipping Point”
  From ClimateREALISM By H. Sterling Burnett -March 29, 2022 The Washington Post (WaPo) published an article today discussing the fact that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR) recently suffered its “sixth massive bleaching event,”...
• Unexpected hope for millions as bleached coral reefs continue to supply nutritious seafood
  Researchers studying coral reefs damaged by rising sea temperatures have discovered an unexpected ‘bright spot’ of hope for communities who depend upon them for food security.
• Analysis: Obura et al Coral Bleaching Study: Models Used Misrepresent Warming Rate….”30% Too High”!
  The headline of the agency report once again conveys threatening scenarios about the imminent death of “all coral reefs”, which cannot be justified or supported.
• Bleached from a Distance
  Reposted from Jennifer Marohasy’s Blog September 26, 2021 By jennifer  I lent my underwater camera (Olympus TG-6) to a dear friend who recently visited Lady Elliot Island at the Great Barrier Reef.…
• UNESCO wants the Great Barrier Reef listed as a World Heritage Site "in danger"
  The Great Barrier Reef will be listed as a World Heritage Site in danger if UNESCO's recommendations are adopted. In the draft recommendations, UNESCO has urged the World Heritage Committee to consider listing the reef as an endangered World...
• World’s first, satellite-based monitoring system goes global to help save coral reefs
  Today, the Allen Coral Atlas released the world's first, real-time, satellite-based global coral reef bleaching monitoring system. Combined with the Atlas' reef extent and composition maps, scheduled for completion in July, the full suite of mapping and...
• Claim: Marine heatwaves becoming more intense, more frequent
  Thinning surface layer of ocean leaves waters more susceptible to extreme warming events UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER Research News When thick, the surface layer of the ocean acts as…
• Claim: Major discovery helps explain coral bleaching
  ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE Research News Corals, like all animals, must eat to live. The problem is that most corals grow in tropical waters that are poor in nutrients,…
• Measuring Old Corals & Coral Reefs (Part 2)
  Once upon a time, the scientists drilled into the corals and extracted a core from which they created a slither. Then, under x-ray, they counted the annual bands with the varying lengths and thicknesses of each band being a measure of annual growth rates....

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